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    Difficulty , n.; pl. Difficulties . [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif- = dis- + facilis easy: cf. F. difficulté. See Facile.]
    1.  The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.
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      Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region.
      James Byrne.

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    2. Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
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      They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure.
      Addison.

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    3. A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
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      Measures for terminating all local difficulties.
      Bancroft.

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    4. Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
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      In days of difficulty and pressure.
      Tennyson.
      Syn. -- Impediment; obstacle; obstruction; embarrassment; perplexity; exigency; distress; trouble; trial; objection; cavil. See Impediment.
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