desperation

Words with a similar base: desperation

'desperation'

[despair.n.01] as in: a state in which all hope is lost or absent

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Examples:
in the depths of despair
they were rescued from despair at the last minute
courage born of desperation

'desperation'

[desperation.n.02] as in: desperate recklessness

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Examples:
it was a policy of desperation