strife

strife is a Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] Shak.

[2] Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve.

[3] Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. Dryden.

[4] That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.