curse
noun
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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The victim in the book is led to seek that Divine Life in her, and although she loses her physical life, she dies freed from the terrible thraldom which has been cursing her existence.
From Weapons of Mystery by Joseph Hocking