suffering

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In this instance, the principle of 'no abortion ever' has been made into an Absolute, and the suffering which will ensue on the child, the child's family, the doctors involved, and any future situations where a child dies from being prevented from having an abortion - this suffering is the consequence of idolatry.

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  1. noun The condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress.
  2. noun An instance of pain or distress.

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  • All Charlotte's experience and her suffering is there, changed, intensified, transmuted to an experience and a suffering which were not hers. —  The Three Brontes
  • The more the suffering is and the less it appears before men, the more is it to Thy Honour and Glory. —  The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Ame)
  • At least her suffering is at an end He frowned, suddenly aware that Amelia did not seem herself.
  • But if we pause to think of the suffering of a dying Jewish child in the ghetto and a dying Palestinian child in Gaza, who would dare to suggest that their suffering is any different. —  Signs of the Times
  • This, incidentally, is the basis of the Buddha's second noble truth - the cause of our suffering is attachment. —  About.com Buddhism
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hardship ·  suffer ·  misery ·  misfortune ·  humiliation ·  woe ·  peril ·  torment ·  discomfort ·  loneliness ·  sickness ·  inconvenience

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suffering:   suffer ·  suffered ·  suffers
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