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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

inflictio

: cf. F.

infliction

The act of inflicting or imposing;

as, the

infliction

of torment, or of punishment

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

His severest

inflictions

are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.

Rogers.

Noun.

[L. inflictio.] The act of laying on or applying; as the infliction of torment or of punishment.

The punishment applied.

His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.

infliction ‎(plural inflictions)

The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition