| n. | 1. | That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. |
| Noun | 1. | hardship - a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" Synonyms: adversity, hard knocks |
| 2. | hardship - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" | |
| 3. | hardship - 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" |