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adversity (noun):

: a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Adversity comes from Middle English adversite, meaning “opposition, hostility, misfortune, or hardship,” which itself is from Latin adversus, the source of adverse, which means “bad or unfavorable,” as in “adverse criticism” or “an adverse reaction to the medication.”

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