Expectation (4)

I believe the answer is:

hope

'expectation' is the definition.
(I know that hope is a type of expectation)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for hope that I've seen before include "writer" , "Optimism - English-born US comedian" , "It alone stayed in Pandora's box" , "Anticipation" , "'. . . . springs eternal in the human breast'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Telegraph, the Canadiana, The Sun, the Penny Press, the Evening Standard, The Star Tribune, the King Feature Syndicate and The Guardian.

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