Definitions for desperation



Overview of noun desperation

The noun desperation has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) despair, desperation

(a state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation")

2. desperation

(desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation")

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