strife

Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.

Exertion or contention for superiority, either by physical or intellectual means.

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

Hee is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions, and ſtrifes of wordes,[…]

Bitter conflict, sometimes violent.

A few observations about the interpretation of vows or pledges may not be out of place here. Interpretation of pledges has been a fruitful source of strife all the world over. No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.

A trouble of any kind.

That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

He ſpide lamenting her unlucky ſtrife,