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| Main Entry: | martyrdom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suffering endured for sake of a cause |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agonizing, agony, anguish, crucifixion, devotion, distress, mortification, ordeal, pain, persecution, sacrifice, torment, torture, unselfishness, self-immolation, self-sacrifice |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | suffering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, agony |
| Synonyms: | adversity, affliction, anguish, difficulty, discomfort, distress, dolor, hardship, martyrdom, misery, misfortune, ordeal, passion, torment, torture |
| Antonyms: | happiness, health, joy |
| Main Entry: | torture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | severe mental or physical pain |
| Synonyms: | ache, affliction, agony, anguish, crucifixion, distress, dolor, laceration, martyrdom, misery, pang, persecution, rack, suffering, third degree, torment, tribulation, twinge, cruciation, excruciation, impalement |
| Notes: | torment suggests persecution or the repeated inflicting of suffering or annoyance; torture adds the implication of causing unbearable pain or suffering |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, relief, alleviation |
| Main Entry: | baptism of fire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trying experience |
| Synonyms: | initiation, martyrdom, ordeal, rite of passage, hazing, rude introduction, test of courage, trial by fire |
| Main Entry: | crucifixion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death by being nailed to a cross |
| Synonyms: | execution, martyrdom, suffering, torture |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental suffering |
| Synonyms: | affliction, agony, anguish, anxiety, bitterness, despondency, distress, grief, heartache, hurt, malaise, martyrdom, misery, rack, sadness, shock, suffering, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe, worry, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy, pleasure, well-being |
| Main Entry: | crucifixion, Crucifixion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the death of Jesus or the artistic representation of His death |
| Synonyms: | the Martyrdom, the Passion, the Sacrifice on the Cross, the execution of Christ |
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