Infliction synonyms

ĭn-flĭk'shən

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like (related)
(Usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
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imposition
The definition of an imposition is the act forcing someone or something on another, or a burden that is put on someone.
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curse
A calling on God or the gods to send evil or injury down on some person or thing
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visitation
(Zool.) Migration of animals or birds to a particular place at an unusual time or in unusual numbers
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castigation
Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.
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pain (related)
(Informal) A source of annoyance; a nuisance:
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intrusion
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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willing (related)
(Rare or obsolete) The execution of a will.
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annoyance
A thing or person that annoys
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bother
Fuss, ado.
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botheration
The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.
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pain-in-the-neck
(Idiomatic) Someone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient
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pain-in-the-ass
(Idiomatic, slang) Something or someone that causes discomfort or frustration.
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ill-treatment (related)
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perpetration (related)
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punishment (related)
The imposition of a penalty or deprivation for wrongdoing:
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Infliction Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • The whipping-post was in 1908 still maintained in Delaware, and whipping continued to be prescribed as a punishment for a variety of offences, although in 1889 a law was passed which prescribed that " hereafter no female convicted of any crime in this state shall be whipped or made to stand in the pillory," and a law passed in 1883 prescribed that " in case of conviction of larceny, when the prisoner is of tender years, or is charged for the first time (being shown to have before had a good character), the court may in its discretion omit from the sentence the infliction of lashes."

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