infliction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: infliction	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for infliction
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infliction n the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) Synonym(s): imposition, infliction an act causing pain or damage 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" Synonym(s): annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infliction \Inflic"tion\, n. [L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.] 1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction* of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. --Rogers.