ordeal

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noun

1. a severe or trying experience (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
experience
2. 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
• Syn:
trial by ordeal
• Hypernyms:
trial