Answer:
feelings of severe despondency and dejection.a mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep.
The denotation of a word refers to the dictionary definition of a word or the literal meaning. For example if you look up the word shrewd in the dictionary you will get the denotative definition which is one having good judgement, this word has a negative connotation.
The theme is that all conflict is pointless warranties and destructive
I think that it is pardoning Nixon.