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infliction

/ɪnˈflɪkʃən/

infliction noun: the act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.

Noun

infliction (countable and uncountable, plural inflictions)

  1. The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
    • "What an awful infliction for you, Max. You were always such an impulsive, reckless sort of fellow—never quiet. You must miss such a fearful lot."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
    • The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221

infliction meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

infliction in Tamil

தண்டனை முதலியன சுமத்துதல், தண்டித்தல், சுமத்துதல், தண்டனை, அல்லல், துன்பம்

infliction in Urdu

عذاب, رنج, سزا, تکلیف

infliction in Bengali

শাস্তি প্রদান, দণ্ডদান, কষ্টদান

infliction in Malayalam

ചുമത്തൽ, ഏല്പിക്കൽ, പീഡിപ്പിക്കൽ

Forms of infliction

pluralinflictions

Origin of infliction

From Latin īnflīctiōnem (“imposition”), from Latin īnflīctus, from in- + flīctus, past participle of īnflīgō (“to knock or strike against”), from in- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence in-). By surface analysis, inflict + -ion.

Words formed from infliction

Questions about infliction

What does infliction mean?
Infliction means the act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
What is infliction in Tamil?
Infliction in Tamil is தண்டனை முதலியன சுமத்துதல், தண்டித்தல், சுமத்துதல். See Infliction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is infliction?
Infliction is a noun.
How do you pronounce infliction?
Infliction is pronounced /ɪnˈflɪkʃən/.
What is the plural of infliction?
The plural of infliction is inflictions.

Words near infliction in the dictionary

  1. inflicter
  2. inflicters
  3. inflictest
  4. inflicteth
  5. inflicting
  6. infliction
  7. inflictions
  8. inflictive
  9. inflictment
  10. inflictments
  11. inflictor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infliction (page history and authors); infliction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infliction (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Infliction (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); infliction (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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