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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Infliction \In*flic"tion\, n. [L. inflictio: cf F. infliction.] 1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as the infliction of torment, or of punishment. 2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. --Rogers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: infliction n 1: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo) [syn: {imposition}] 2: an act causing pain or damage
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