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Definition of agony:

(n) : violent contest or striving; pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane
"being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. --Luke xxii. 44."
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Definition of agony:

(n) : violent contest or striving; pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; paroxysm of grief; specifically, the sufferings of Christ in the garden of Gethsemane
"being in an agony he prayed more earnestly. --Luke xxii. 44."
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