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# infliction

noun (infliction, an infliction)

«infliction» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) The act of causing pain, harm or a punishment to someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#m1)
2. Something unpleasant that someone has to suffer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in formal writing, history and law: «the infliction of pain», «the infliction of punishment». In everyday talk people say «causing harm». It tells the reader that someone made another person suffer.

### Examples

- The law forbids the infliction of cruelty on animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#x1)
- The infliction of pain is never a fair punishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#x2)
- The judge spoke of the infliction of serious injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#x3)
- The long wait was an infliction we had to bear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#x4)
- Teachers must not use the infliction of fear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/#x5)

### Note

Formal; quite rare. Verb: inflict (inflict pain on someone). Don't confuse with «inflection» (change in the voice or in a word ending).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «infliction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infliction/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«infliction» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infliction.html) on Mova free.