Associations to the word «Infliction»

Wiktionary

INFLICTION, noun. The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition

Dictionary definition

INFLICTION, noun. The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo).
INFLICTION, noun. An act causing pain or damage.
INFLICTION, noun. Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King