Despair and Surrender

Despair

Despair verb - To lose all hope or confidence.

Usage example: we despaired when we saw how little time we had left to complete our project

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Surrender and despair are semantically related. in lose hope topic. In some cases you can use "Surrender" instead the word "Despair" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like give up hope.

Nearby Words: despairing, despairingly, despaired

Surrender

Surrender noun - Acceptance of despair.

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Antonyms for Surrender

Despair and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despair" instead the word "Surrender" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

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How words are described

complete	complete despair	complete surrender
total	total despair	total surrender
true	true despair	true surrender
great	great despair	great surrender
Other adjectives: absolute, final, outright.

Both words in one sentence

But where another race would surrender to despair, the humans fought back with even greater strength.

Source: Heroic Spirit
However, with the help of his wife and Williams, Reeve refused to surrender to his despair and became a universally hailed advocate for spinal cord research and the disabled.

Source: Creator / Christopher Reeve
When people do try to make things better or gain the strength to challenge him, he just rains Death from Above upon them until the survivors give up and surrender to despair.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy VI

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