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Infliction synonyms
ĭn-flĭk'shən
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curse
A profane, obscene, or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc.
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  1. A profane, obscene, or blasphemous oath, imprecation, etc. expressing hatred, anger, vexation, etc.
  2. Evil or injury that seems to come in answer to a curse
  3. A calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing
visitation
An inflicting of punishment or affliction or a dispensation of comfort and blessing regarded as being ordained by God.
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  1. An inflicting of punishment or affliction or a dispensation of comfort and blessing regarded as being ordained by God.
  2. The action or an instance of visiting or an instance of being visited:
  3. Any affliction or disaster thought of as an act of God
castigation
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
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  1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
imposition
An imposing or imposing on
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  1. An imposing or imposing on
  2. The act of imposing or the condition of being imposed.
  3. An unjust burden or requirement
intrusion
The rock mass produced by an intrusive process.
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  1. The rock mass produced by an intrusive process.
  2. (--- Law) The illegal entering upon another's property without right to possession
  3. The movement of magma through cracks in underground rocks within the Earth, usually in an upward direction. &diamf3; Rocks that form from the underground cooling of magma are generally coarse-grained (because they cool slowly so that large crystals have time to grow) and are called intrusive rocks.
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  • The rule laid down by the Order is abstinence so far as possible from all foods which are obtained by the cruel infliction of pain, and the minimum that is set is complete "abstinence from flesh and fowl," while net-caught fish may be used by associate members.

  • there was a revelation of the righteousness of God, which must otherwise have been revealed in the infliction of the penalties of sin on the human race."

  • Tornadoes are also a not infrequent infliction, least common in the west.

  • Together with the kings and ephors it formed the supreme executive committee of the state, and it exercised also a considerable criminal and political jurisdiction, including the trial of kings; its competence extended to the infliction of a sentence of exile or even of death.

  • to enforce it led to the infliction of great hardships upon the Thuringians.

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