infliction

/in-flik-shuhn/US // ɪnˈflɪk ʃən //

施虐,施暴者,施暴行为,施暴

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act of inflicting.
- : something inflicted, as punishment or suffering.

nouncurse

Synonyms

The officers were accused in the litigation of assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress on the child and other counts, according to court papers.
It likewise accuses Watson of civil assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress and seeks unspecified damages.
He enjoyed the infliction of pain, as long as he wasn't the object of it.
And Val, in his good-nature, bore the infliction passively so long as she kept civil and peaceable.
It is the only way the infliction can be endured, for the sitting-room is so small that we cannot keep the door closed habitually.
For my part, I would just as soon suffer the infliction with bare feet as through a thin layer of stocking.
Self-immolation were easy in comparison with the infliction of one pang on her.
An endless infliction for past sins was once the doctrine: that we now generally reject.