infliction
Etymology
Borrowed, perhaps via French, from Latin īnflīctiōnem.
noun
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The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition. The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221
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