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A cause of sustained pain, distress, or hardship.

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affliction

In the story, loneliness becomes the traveler's greatest affliction.
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Persistent debt becomes an affliction for a second character when unpayable charges cause years of distress and restrict every ordinary choice.
From Reading a Disturbing Fictional Society.
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