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despair of

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despair of something
to give up all hope of something. Do not despair of his returning; I think we will see him again. I despair of ever seeing her again.
See also: despair
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Furthermore, by this reading I suggest that in articulating this view through the 'higher' pseudonymous identity of Anti Climacus (the author of The Sickness unto Death), Kierkegaard creates a therapeutic hermeneutic which aims not only to alleviate the despair of his reader, but also to come to terms with his own difficulties in accepting the 'impossibility' of self-forgiveness.
Kierkegaard as physician of the soul: on self-forgiveness and despair by Podmore, Simon D. / Journal of Psychology and Theology
We have generations of children without discipline who know their rights, to the despair of parents, teachers and the police, who are unable to act for fear.
Letter: No discipline by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
But your despair of ever finding it is premature, fuelling fear and loneliness.
Dear MIRIAM: I FEAR LONELY FUTURE by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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