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as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits he sank into a crushing despond after his wife left him

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“Despond.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despond. Accessed 10 Dec. 2023.

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