1. Definition: 1. intense mournfulness

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1. Definition: 1. the quality of being valid and rigorous

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1. Definition: 1. the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"

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1. Definition: 1. a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her misery and grief"

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1. Definition: 1. difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension;

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1. Definition: 1. feel grief

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1. Definition: 1. a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

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1. Definition: 1. an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother"

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1. Definition: 1. extreme mental distress

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1. Definition: 1. 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"

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1. Definition: 1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

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1. Definition: 1. an official visit for inspection or supervision; "the commissioner made visitations to all the precinct stations"; "the recent visitation of the bishop to his diocese"

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1. Definition: 1. a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"

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1. Definition: 1. mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

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