A state of pain or anguish that tests one's resiliency and character

• crucible

  1. A place, time, or situation in which different social forces or intellectual influences come together and cause new developments:
  2. An extremely difficult experience or situation; a severe test or trial:
  3. A severe test or trial

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  1. A place, time, or situation in which different social forces or intellectual influences come together and cause new developments:
  2. An extremely difficult experience or situation; a severe test or trial:
  3. A severe test or trial

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• trial

  1. An effort or attempt:
  2. The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof:
  3. An instance of such a proceeding:

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  1. An effort or attempt:
  2. The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof:
  3. An instance of such a proceeding:

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• tribulation

  1. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
  2. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering:

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  1. An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
  2. Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering:

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• visitation

  1. The act or an instance of visiting; esp., an official visit to inspect or examine, as that made by a bishop to a church in his diocese
  2. The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited:
  3. The provision made for a parent to spend time with a child who is in the physical custody of another.

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  1. The act or an instance of visiting; esp., an official visit to inspect or examine, as that made by a bishop to a church in his diocese
  2. The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited:
  3. The provision made for a parent to spend time with a child who is in the physical custody of another.

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