Dictionary
hard•ship
Pronunciation: (härd'ship), [key]—
n.
1. a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression:
a life of hardship.
2. an instance or cause of this; something hard to bear, as a deprivation, lack of comfort, or constant toil or danger:
They faced bravely the many hardships of frontier life. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.