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hardship(dictionary)
Economic Hardship(law)

hardship (iou)



hardship noun. ME.
[from HARD adjective + -SHIP.]
The quality of being hard to bear; painful difficulty. ME-L17.
Hardness of fate or circumstance; severe suffering or privation. Also, an instance of this. ME.
K. M. E. Murray For many scholars it is no hardship to sit indoors studying on a fine afternoon. N. Annan His body learnt to endure hardship.
b. A piece of harsh treatment. M-L18.
Burke I do not know that I have ever offered..a hardship..to the religious prejudices of any person.