despondences

Noun

despondence (countable and uncountable, plural despondences)

1. The state of being downcast or despondent.
   • When adverse winds and waves arise,
     And in my heart despondence sighs,
     ....
     Grateful I hear the kind decree
     That "as my day,—my strength shall be."—1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, "as thy day, so shall thy strength be.", pages 88–89

   Synonyms:

   despondency