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Definition of: difficulty
(dif′ə·kul′tē, -kəl-) noun plural ·ties
1. The state or quality of being difficult or of presenting or constituting an obstacle to achievement or mastery.
2. An obstacle; hindrance; something difficult to effect or to understand.
3. Reluctance; objection.
4. A quarrel.
5. Usually plural Financial embarrassment; a strait; trouble: generally in the plural. See synonyms under IMPEDIMENT. [<L difficultas, -tatis <difficilis <dis- away, not + facilis easy <facere do, make]
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