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Infliction

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

(2):

(n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Infliction'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/infliction.html. 1828.