infliction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
    imposition.
  2. noun an act causing pain or damage
  3. noun something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
    annoyance; pain in the ass; pain; bother; botheration; pain in the neck.
    • 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

WordNet

In*flic"tion noun
Etymology
L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.
Definitions
  1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
  2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
    His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of justice and righteousness. Rogers.

Webster 1913