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What is the noun for travail?

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travail
  1. (archaic) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship. [from 13th c.]
  2. Specifically, the labor of childbirth. [from 13th c.]
  3. (obsolete, countable) An act of working; labor (US), labour (British). [14th-18th c.]
  4. (obsolete) The eclipse of a celestial object. [17th c.]
  5. Obsolete form of travel.
  6. Alternative form of travois (“a kind of sled”)
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “He lived to behold the happy fruits of the long, continued travail of his soul.”
      “It rode the crest of religious prosperity after World War II, endured the travail of the 1960s, and experienced head-on the erosion of the mainline denominations in the late twentieth century.”
      “One of the worst afflictions to beset any Englishman is the travail of having to follow the England team at the World Cup.”
travailing
  1. The process of undergoing travails or exertions.
travailings
  1. plural of travailing
travaux
travails
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