infliction

noun

The act or process of imposing or meting out something unpleasant.

noun

Something, such as punishment, that is inflicted.

noun

The act of inflicting or imposing: as, the infliction of punishment.

noun

That which is inflicted; suffering or punishment imposed.

noun

The act of inflicting or imposing.

noun

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

noun

The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition

noun

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

noun

something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

noun

an act causing pain or damage