Usually means: Imposing pain or suffering onto others.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word infliction:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. infliction: Merriam-Webster
  2. infliction: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infliction: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. infliction: Collins English Dictionary
  5. infliction: Vocabulary.com
  6. Infliction, infliction: Wordnik
  7. infliction: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. infliction: Wiktionary
  9. infliction: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. infliction: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. infliction: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Infliction, infliction: Dictionary.com
  13. Infliction: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Infliction: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. infliction: Rhymezone
  16. Infliction: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. infliction: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. infliction: FreeDictionary.org
  19. infliction: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. infliction: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. infliction: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infliction: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infliction: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (infliction)

▸ noun:  The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.

Similar:
imposition, inflictment, inflicter, wounding, mayhem, impact, impaling, offense, self-affliction, affliction, more...

Opposite:
alleviation, mitigation, relief

Types:
physical, emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual, financial, spiritual, mental, more...

Phrases:
Intentional infliction of emotional distress, Negligent infliction of emotional distress, opposite of infliction, infliction of distress, more...

Adjectives:
intentional, negligent, deliberate, actual, penal, terrible, wanton, unnecessary, severe, arbitrary, cruel

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     blood red,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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Similar:
imposition, inflictment, inflicter, wounding, mayhem, impact, impaling, offense, self-affliction, affliction, more...

Opposite:
alleviation, mitigation, relief

Types:
physical, emotional, psychological, verbal, sexual, financial, spiritual, mental, more...

Phrases:
Intentional infliction of emotional distress, Negligent infliction of emotional distress, opposite of infliction, infliction of distress, more...

Adjectives:
intentional, negligent, deliberate, actual, penal, terrible, wanton, unnecessary, severe, arbitrary, cruel

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     blood red,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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