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Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's own life, or the world at large. [1] As a verb, Merriam-Webster defines hope as "to expect with confidence" or "to cherish a desire with anticipation". [2] Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness ...
Hope (Latin: spes) is one of the three theological virtues in the Christian tradition. Hope is a combination of the desire for something and expectation of receiving it. The Christian virtue is hoping specifically for Divine union and so eternal happiness. While faith is a function of the intellect, hope is an act of the will.
Hope is defined as a Divinely infused virtue, which acts upon the will, by which one trusts, with confidence grounded on the Divine assistance, to attain life everlasting. [14] Its opposite is the sin of despair. [2]
Hope is a given name derived from the Middle English hope, ultimately from the Old English word hopian [1] referring to a positive expectation or to the theological virtue of hope. It was used as a virtue name by the Puritans. [2] Puritans also used Hope as an element in phrase names, such as Hope-for, Hopeful, and Hope-still. [3]
A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest, or glory box, is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women to collect items, such as clothing and household linen, in anticipation of married life.
Hope (Swallow the Sun album) or the title song, 2007; Hope (Toshiko Akiyoshi album) or the title song (see below), 2006; Hope (War Child album), a compilation produced by the UK charity, 2003; Hope, by Betty Buckley, 2018; Hope, by iamnot, 2017; Hope, by Michael English, 1993; Hope, by Sigma, or the title song, 2022; Hope, by Third Party, 2017
Though she hastened to close the container, only one thing was left behind – usually translated as Hope, though it could also have the pessimistic meaning of "deceptive expectation". [5] From this story has grown the idiom "to open a Pandora's box", meaning to do or start something that will cause many unforeseen problems. [6]
Bertel Thorvaldsen, Statue of Hope (1817), The Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen. In Greek mythology, Elpis (Ancient Greek: Ἐλπίς, romanized: Elpis, lit. 'hope') is the minor goddess of hope, about which the Greeks had ambivalent feelings.