infliction

  • 11infliction of pain — index cruelty Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12infliction — noun Date: 1534 1. the act of inflicting 2. something (as punishment or suffering) that is inflicted …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13infliction — noun The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition …

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  • 14infliction — Synonyms and related words: 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… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 15infliction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. scourge, affliction; adversity; curse, disgrace; imposition; administering (to). See compulsion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. curse, visitation, castigation; see pain 1 , punishment . III (Roget s… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16infliction — in flic·tion || ɪn flɪkʃn n. act of imposing or meting out (punishment, etc.); act of causing something unpleasant (suffering, etc.); something inflicted (suffering, etc.) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17infliction — n. 1. Inflicting, imposition. 2. Punishment, judgment …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 18infliction — n 1. imposition, perpetration, administration; punishment, castigation, chastening, chastisement; penalty, requital, retribution, nemesis. 2. trouble, worry, affliction, suffering, hurt; irritation, annoyance, vexation; torture, torment, trial,… …

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  • 19infliction — in·flic·tion …

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  • 20infliction — See: inflict …

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