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Infliction   /ɪnflˈɪkʃən/   Listen
Infliction

noun
1.
The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo).  Synonym: imposition.
2.
An act causing pain or damage.
3.
Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.  Synonyms: annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck.  "A bit of a bother" , "He's not a friend, he's an infliction"





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"Infliction" Quotes from Famous Books



... disposition. It is an excellent plan quietly and quickly to deprive such children of their pleasures temporarily, in order to produce thoughtfulness; and these methods are often more efficacious than the infliction of varying degrees of pain under the ...
— The Mother and Her Child • William S. Sadler
... he said, "that the words 'kill and eat,' and the dominion which the beneficent Maker of all things has given to man over the lower creatures, does not justify the infliction of exquisite torment in the name ...
— Great Testimony - against scientific cruelty • Stephen Coleridge
... full justice to American fare, and seemed to be particularly fond of champagne. One of them became so merry and familiar under the influence of this beverage that he vigorously embraced the commodore, who bore the infliction with ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... precedent, except perhaps in the servants' hall. Most lover's play is wearisome and nonsensical to the lookers on—but the part Jane assumes is one which could only be efficiently sustained by the substitution of Sam for her master. Coarse as Mr. Rochester is, one winces for him under the infliction of this housemaid beau ideal of the arts of coquetry. A little more, and we should have flung the book aside to lie for ever among the trumpery with which such scenes ally it; but it were a pity to have ...
— Famous Reviews • Editor: R. Brimley Johnson
... which could be satisfied by the payment of a certain number of horses or other specific property to the injured party, or his family, but if the offense was peculiarly repellent to the better sentiment of the camp the court might insist upon the summary infliction of the sentence imposed. This might be the death penalty, exile or whipping; or it might be the destruction of the teepee and other property of the convict. These latter penalties were, however, usually ...
— Sioux Indian Courts • Doane Robinson


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