Definitions for: Desperation

[n] desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"
[n] a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"

Webster (1913) Definition: Des`per*a"tion, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.
desperation.]
1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
of hope.

This desperation of success chills all our industry.
--Hammond.

2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

In the desperation of the moment, the officers even
tried to cut their way through with their swords.
--W. Irving.

Synonyms: despair

See Also: condition, foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, status

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