adversity
ad·ver·sity
noun
1.
a state of misfortune or affliction
- “debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”
- “a life of hardship”
2.
Origin
From Old French adversité, from Latin adversitātem, the accusative singular of adversitās, from adversus, the perfect passive participle of advertō (“to turn toward”).
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