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hardship definition

hard·ship (härd′s̸hip′)

noun

  1. hard circumstances of life
  2. a thing hard to bear; specific cause of discomfort or suffering, as poverty, pain, etc.

Etymology: ME heardschipe: see hard & -ship

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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