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Webster 1913 Edition
Infliction
In-flic′tion
,Noun.
[L.
inflictio
: cf. F. infliction
.] 1.
The act of inflicting or imposing;
as, the
. infliction
of torment, or of punishment2.
That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
His severest
inflictions
are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. Rogers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infliction
INFLIC'TION
,Noun.
1.
The punishment applied. His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness.