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"
hardship -
a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"
extremity an external body part that projects from the body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm"
distress the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
affliction a cause of great suffering and distress
victimization adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"
hardship -
something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"