infliction

[US]/ɪn'flɪkʃ(ə)n/

[UK]/ɪnˈflɪkʃən/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. imposition; something imposed; painful experience

physical infliction

emotional infliction

infliction of pain

mental infliction

the repeated infliction of pain.

what an infliction he must be!.

the unnecessary infliction of pain and suffering

the infliction of extremely painful punishment

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