Strife
Strife , noun
[Old French estrif. See Strive.]
1.
The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] — Shakespeare
2.
Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
Doting about questions and strifes of words.
Thus gods contended -- noble strife -
Who most should ease the wants of life.
3.
Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Twenty of them fought in this black strife.
These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above
Betwixt the god of war and queen of love.
4.
That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obsolete]
Lamenting her unlucky strife.