Be without hope (7)

I believe the answer is:
despair
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">be without hope</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for despair that I've seen before include "Lose heart" , "The feeling that nothing will turn out well" , "Feeling of hopelessness" , "A spider (anag.)" , "Praised (anag) - lose hope" .)