Desperation /(?)/

Des·per·a·tion

Desperation

n.
  1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
    This desperation of success chills all our industry.
  2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
    In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords.