One without regard for law or life.
Resorted to in a last extremity, or as if prompted by utter despair.
Contemptible.
prep. In spite of.
To lose spirit, courage, or hope.
Disheartened.
An absolute and irresponsible monarch.
Any severe and strict rule in which the judgment of the governed has little or no part.
Poverty-stricke
Not connected with what precedes.