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exertion

/ɪɡˈzɝʃən/ US
/ɪɡˈzɜːʃən/ UK

noun exertions

countable, uncountable An expenditure of physical or mental effort. Again she felt a return of that utter despondency which had fallen upon her after Guido's death: but then she could indulge in it unmolested, and that was something of relief: now she was forced into exertion, that sort of exertion of all the most tiresome, because the least interesting...

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noun the action of exerting

Español	esfuerzo, ejercicio, ejercitación
中文	竭尽全力 jiéjìnquánlì
Português	esforço
Français	effort, dépense
Deutsch	Anstrengung, Kraftanstrengung, Anspannung, Ausübung, Strapaze, Betätigung
Italiano	sforzo, fatica
Русский	уси́лие usílije

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@misc{exertion_2026,
  title = {exertion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exertion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}