infliction
English
Etymology
Borrowed, perhaps via French, from Latin īnflīctiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/
Noun
infliction (plural inflictions)
- The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221:
- The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.
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Related terms
- inflict
Translations
The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnflīctiōnem.
Noun
infliction f (plural inflictions)
- infliction
References
- “infliction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.