n. The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of inflicting or imposing.
n. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of inflicting or imposing: as, the infliction of punishment.
n. That which is inflicted; suffering or punishment imposed.
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n. the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
n. something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
n. an act causing pain or damage
Word Usage
"For myself, I could have borne the severest infliction from the pen of the most formidable critic with more fortitude than I bore the cutting up of my first loaf of bread."