Associations to the word «Infliction»
Noun
- Tort
- Distress
- Defamation
- Punishment
- Negligence
- Cruelty
- Libel
- Torture
- Suffering
- Harm
- Scourge
- Torment
- Privacy
- Penalty
- Sufferer
- Assault
- Severity
- Israelites
- Cruel
- Pain
- Confinement
- Wound
- Lawsuit
- Plaintiff
- Offence
- Lash
- Calamity
- Malice
- Rigor
- Plunder
- Violation
- Outrage
- Visitation
- Imprisonment
- Reparation
- Bane
- Scruple
- Retribution
- Nuisance
- Defendant
- Infringement
- Retaliation
- Felony
- Affliction
- Humiliation
- Injury
- Indifference
- Battery
- Fraud
- Breach
- Abuse
- Plague
- Inference
- Disgrace
- Festivity
- Viz
- Invasion
- Supervision
- Stealing
- Annoyance
- Damage
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
INFLICTION, noun. The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition
Dictionary definition
INFLICTION, noun. The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo).
INFLICTION, noun. An act causing pain or damage.
INFLICTION, noun. Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.