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Infliction definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFLIC'TION, n. [L. inflictio.] The act of laying on or applying; as the infliction of torment or of punishment.
1. The punishment applied.
His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) [syn: imposition, infliction]
2: an act causing pain or damage
3: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1534 1. the act of inflicting 2. something (as punishment or suffering) that is inflicted

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the act or an instance of inflicting. 2 something inflicted, esp. a troublesome or boring experience. Etymology: LL inflictio (as INFLICT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Infliction In*flic"tion, n. [L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.] 1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. --Rogers.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see inflict

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Inflicting, imposition. 2. Punishment, judgment.

Moby Thesaurus

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