Infliction
[ɪn'flɪkʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(n.) The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
(n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
Typist: Marion
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inflicting, imposition.[2]. Punishment, judgment.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Grievance, trouble, nuisance
ANT:Gratification, pleasure, accommodation, sparing, remission, condonation
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Examples
- There is no vengeance and no infliction of suffering in His life, I am sure. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- You need fear no such infliction. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And the first thing that occurred was the infliction on us of a placard fairly reeking with wretched English. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- No doubt in many cases the population found that the barbarian was a worse infliction even than the tax-gatherer and the slave-driver. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And of your infliction, cried Elizabeth with energy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My sufferings were augmented also by the oppressive sense of the injustice and ingratitude of their infliction. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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