1. Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
   - parturiency, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], confinement, lying-in, childbed 
2. Use of physical or mental energy; hard work
   - effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat

1. Work hard
   - labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], toil, fag, grind, drudge, dig, moil [N. Amer]

Derived forms: travails, travailing, travailed

Type of: birth, birthing, do work, giving birth, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], parturition, toil, work

Part of: gestation, maternity, pregnancy

Encyclopedia: Travail Travail, Famille, Patrie Travail, famille, patrie

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