Definition of Hardship

Noun: hardship 'haa(r)d,ship

A state of misfortune or affliction
"a life of hardship";
- adversity, hard knocks
The quality of being hard to endure, uninviting or formidable
"the hardship of northern winters";
- asperity, grimness, rigor [US], rigour [Brit, Cdn], severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness [Brit, non-standard]
Something that causes or entails suffering
"I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"; "the many hardships of frontier life"