Synonyms for infliction
ɪnˈflɪk ʃənin·flic·tion

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1. infliction

   Synonyms:
   grievance, trouble, nuisance

   Antonyms:
   gratification, pleasure, accommodation, sparing, remission, condonation

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1. imposition, inflictionnoun

   the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

   Synonyms:
   pain, botheration, annoyance, pain in the neck, pain in the ass, imposition, bother

2. inflictionnoun

   an act causing pain or damage

   Synonyms:
   pain in the ass, botheration, pain, bother, annoyance, imposition, pain in the neck

3. annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the assnoun

   something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

   "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"

   Synonyms:
   aggravator, annoying, painful sensation, hurting, painfulness, botheration, pain in the ass, pain sensation, chafe, hassle, bother, irritation, fuss, pain, trouble, imposition, vexation, annoyance, nuisance, pain in the neck

Matched Categories

1. • Enforcement
   • Negative Stimulus
   • Tax
   • Wrongdoing

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1. inflictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   inflicting, imposition

2. inflictionnoun

   Synonyms:
   punishment, judgment

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1. List of paraphrases for "infliction":

   imposition, provocation

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1. Bertrand Russell:

   The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists - that is why they invented hell.

2. Lauret Savoy:

   I’ve struggled to find a word that could hold in its meaning both the attack and my experience of it. The closest I found is this: ‘severe or excruciating pain or suffering (of body or mind); anguish, agony, torment; the infliction of such.’ This is a definition of torture, for four hours I experienced literal torture of body and of mind, not knowing if I would survive the next minute—yet needing to find some way to save my life.

3. Kevin McBride:

   Our intent to sue is because of the intentional infliction of emotional distress by the fire chiefs against the firefighters. The fire chiefs know each employee is due full due process as a public employee in California.

4. Donica Thomas Varner:

   RACIAL DISPUTE AT BELOVED BAKERY ROILS LIBERAL COLLEGE TOWN The jury also found that the college( not Meredith Raimondo) was guilty of intentional infliction of emotional distress for David Gibson, David Gibson, as well as libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress onhis son. Donica Thomas Varner, the colleges general counsel, said Donica Thomas Varner was disappointed with the verdict and denied the college had defamedthe bakery or its owners. Neither Oberlin College nor Dean Meredith Raimondo defamed a local business or Oberlin College owners, and they never endorsed statements made by others, rather, the college and Dr. Raimondo worked to ensure that students freedom of speech was protected and that the student demonstrations were safe and lawful, and they attempted to help the plaintiffs repair any harm caused by the student protests. AS OBERLIN ACTIVISM FLARED, STUDENTS PUSHED TO BANISH GRADES BELOW C According to one ofthe bakerys attorneys, the verdict sendsa clear message to other educational institutions. I think part of what we did here today is answer the question as to, What are we going to tolerate in our society ?

5. Simone Weil:

   Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering. The suffering should be inflicted with the aim of bringing the soul to recognize freely some day that its infliction was just.