Definitions for: Infliction


[n] an act causing pain or damage
[n] the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
[n] 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, imposition, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck

See Also: actus reus, enforcement, irritant, misconduct, negative stimulus, nuisance, plague, protection, regimentation, reimposition, taxation, thorn, trade protection, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

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