travailing

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noun

The process of undergoing travails or exertions.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of travail
nountravailing (plural travailings)

plural travailings

  1. The process of undergoing travails or exertions.

    How universal, too, the restlessness, how deep the groanings and travailings of the human race.

    1850, James McCosh, The Method of the Divine Government
Cite this entry
APA

travailing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/travailing

MLA

“travailing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/travailing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “travailing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/travailing.

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