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infliction

[ in-flik-shuhn ]

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noun

First recorded in 1525–35, infliction is from the Late Latin word inflīctiōn- (stem of inflīctiō ). See inflict, -ion

He enjoyed the infliction of pain, as long as he wasn't the object of it.

And Val, in his good-nature, bore the infliction passively so long as she kept civil and peaceable.

It is the only way the infliction can be endured, for the sitting-room is so small that we cannot keep the door closed habitually.

For my part, I would just as soon suffer the infliction with bare feet as through a thin layer of stocking.

Self-immolation were easy in comparison with the infliction of one pang on her.

An endless infliction for past sins was once the doctrine: that we now generally reject.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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