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ontbering — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • destitution noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
  • ordeal noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.

Senses

ontbering is used for these senses in English:

destitution — full definition

  1. noun The action of deserting or abandoning.
  2. noun Discharge from office; dismissal.
  3. noun The condition of lacking something.
  4. noun An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

ordeal — full definition

  1. noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
  2. noun Historically, a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous physical test, the outcome believed to reveal guilt or innocence by divine judgment.

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