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1. (n.) infliction
the act of inflicting.
2. infliction
something inflicted, as punishment or suffering.
Etymology: (1525–35; < LL)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) imposition, infliction
the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
2. (noun) infliction
an act causing pain or damage
3. (noun) annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) infliction
the act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment
2. (noun) infliction
that which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc
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Sense: (withon) to give or impose (something unpleasant and unwanted)
Was it necessary to inflict such a punishment on him?; She is always inflicting her company on me.
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 Afrikaans: oplegging |
 Arabic: فَرْض، إنْزال، تَسْديد |
 Bulgarian: налагане |
 Brazilian: imposição |
 Czech: udělení |
 German: die Strafe |
 Danish: tildeling |
 Greek: επιβολή |
 Spanish: imposición, castigo |
 Estonian: kaelamäärimine |
 Farsi: تحمیل سازی؛ وارد آوردن |
 Finnish: aiheuttaminen |
 French: infliction |
 Hebrew: גְרִימַת סֵבֶל |
 Hindi: दंड देना, मार |
 Croatian: nanošenje, zadavanje |
 Hungarian: kiszabás, kirovás |
 Indonesian: pembebanan |
 Icelandic: íþynging; byrði |
 Italian: inflizione |
 Japanese: 苦難 |
 Korean: (고통, 타격 등을) 주기, 가하기 |
 Lithuanian: paskyrimas, primetimas |
 Latvian: (soda) uzlikšana; (ciešan |
 Malay: menyebabkan |
 Dutch: oplegging |
 Norwegian: hjemsøkelse, straff; tild |
 Polish: narzucenie |
 Persian: تحمیل سازی؛ وارد آوردن |
 Pashto: داخل کول |
 Portuguese: imposição |
 Romanian: cauzare; suferinţă |
 Russian: наложение;наказание |
 Slovak: uloženie |
 Slovenian: breme |
 Serbian: zadatost |
 Swedish: påläggande, påtvingande |
 Thai: การลงโทษ |
 Turkish: ceza (verme), eziyet (etm |
 Taiwanese: 導致(痛苦等) |
 Ukrainian: накладання покарання; зап |
 Urdu: سر منڈھنے کا عمل |
 Vietnamese: sự bắt phải chịu |
 Chinese: (强加于人身的)痛苦，处罚 |
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