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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Disappointment

/dĭsˌ-əp-oin'-tmənt/ · Dis·ap·point·ment · IPA /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/
01 n. The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frus…
  1. 1.
    The act of disappointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration.
    “If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them.” — Addison.
    “In disappointment thou canst bless.” — Keble.
  2. 2.
    That which disappoints.
Syn. Miscarriage; frustration; balk.