Associations to the word «Infliction»
Noun
- Offense
- Amendment
- Agony
- Irritation
- Necessity
- Violence
- Slave
- Sabbath
- Patience
- Misery
- Sentence
- Destruction
- Certainty
- Crime
- Injustice
- Terror
- Victim
- Wrong
- Prophecy
- Complaint
- Objection
- Degradation
- Bore
- Providence
- Shock
- Pleasure
- Hazard
- Claim
- Clause
- Thorn
- Suit
- Witness
- Vengeance
- Mercy
- Person
- Murder
- Civilian
- Exile
- Comfort
- Treatment
- Death
- Hunger
- Guilt
- Self
- Cause
- Evil
- Prisoner
- Privilege
- Accused
- Custom
- Consequence
- Case
- Justice
- Judgment
- Conviction
Adjective
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".
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