Noun
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something that causes or entails suffering
"I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell
"the many hardships of frontier life"
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something hard to endure
"the asperity of northern winters"
- rigourousness -
a state of misfortune or affliction
"debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"
"a life of hardship"
- hard knocks