'Infliction' definitions:
Definition of 'infliction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) [syn: imposition, infliction]
noun
An act causing pain or damage
noun
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]
Definition of 'Infliction'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. [1913 Webster]
- His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'infliction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affliction,
- bane,
- bitter cup,
- bitter draft,
- bitter draught,
- bitter pill,
- bother,
- bugbear,
- burden,
- burden of care,
- burdening,
- calamity,
- cankerworm of care,
- care,
- castigation,
- charging,
- chastening,
- chastisement,
- condign punishment,
- correction,
- cross,
- crown of thorns,
- crushing burden,
- curse,
- death,
- demand,
- deserts,
- destruction,
- disciplinary measures,
- discipline,
- disease,
- distress,
- encumbrance,
- evil,
- exaction,
- ferule,
- freighting,
- gall,
- gall and wormwood,
- grievance,
- harm,
- imposing an onus,
- imposition,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconvenience,
- judgment,
- judicial punishment,
- laying on,
- load,
- loading,
- loading down,
- nemesis,
- obtrusiveness,
- open wound,
- oppression,
- pack of troubles,
- pains,
- pains and punishments,
- pay,
- payment,
- peck of troubles,
- penal retribution,
- penalty,
- penology,
- pest,
- pestilence,
- plague,
- presumptuousness,
- punishment,
- punition,
- retribution,
- retributive justice,
- running sore,
- scourge,
- sea of troubles,
- sorrow,
- tasking,
- taxing,
- thorn,
- torment,
- trouble,
- unwarranted demand,
- vexation,
- visitation,
- waters of bitterness,
- weight,
- weighting,
- well-deserved punishment,
- what-for,
- woe