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Learn to pronounce tra·vail

/trəˈvā(ə)l,ˈtraˌvāl/
noun
painful or laborious effort.
"advice for those who wish to save great sorrow and travail"
synonyms: ordeal, trial, tribulation, trials and tribulations, trouble, hardship, privation, stress, drudgery, toil, slog, effort, exertion, labor, work, endeavor, sweat, striving, struggle, industry

verb
engage in painful or laborious effort.
"creation may travail in pain but it cannot escape its destiny"

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travail is bookish for labor involving pain or suffering. years of travail were lost when the house burned.
3 days ago · noun. painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil. ... pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.
travail from en.m.wiktionary.org
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