n.
1.
Testing, examination, experiment.
2.
Experience, experimental knowledge.
3.
Attempt, endeavor, effort, essay, exertion, struggle, aim.
4.
Temptation, test of virtue.
5.
Test, criterion, proof, touchstone, ordeal, assay.
6.
Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe, burden, pain, dolor, mortification, chagrin, heartache, unhappiness, wretchedness, vexation, hardship.
7.
Suit, case, cause, action.