Hypertext Webster Gateway: "infliction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
infliction
n 1: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) [syn:
{imposition}]
2: an act causing pain or damage
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