Infliction

Definition:

• (n.) The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
• (n.) That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.

Compare infliction with other words:

inflection vs. infliction

affliction vs. infliction

infliction vs. inflictive

inflicted vs. infliction

inflicting vs. infliction

imposition vs. infliction