'Despondence' definitions:

Definition of 'despondence'

From: WordNet
noun
Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency, despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness]

Definition of 'Despondence'

From: GCIDE
  • Despondence \De*spond"ence\, n. Despondency. [1913 Webster]
  • The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]