DESPOND Copy link • DESPONDanimum abjicere or demittere or submittere; animo cadere (Cic.): animo concidere (Liv.) and (often in Plaut.) animum despondere (so Liv.) and despondere only (Col.; to allow one’s spirits, courage, etc.: to fail): spem abjicere, projicere, or deponere (to cast away all hope) [Vid: To DESPAIR]. To cause anybody to despond, animum alicujus frangere, infringere (Cic.); percellere aliquem.