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infliction
(encz) | infliction,uvalení n: Zdeněk Brož |
infliction
(encz) | infliction,zavinění Pavel Cvrček |
Infliction
(gcide) | Infliction \In*flic"tion\, n. [L. inflictio: cf. F. infliction.]
1. The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of
torment, or of punishment.
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2. That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment,
disgrace, calamity, etc.
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His severest inflictions are in themselves acts of
justice and righteousness. --Rogers.
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infliction
(wn) | infliction
n 1: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
[syn: imposition, infliction]
2: an act causing pain or damage
3: 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" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration,
pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
infliction
(encz) | infliction,uvalení n: Zdeněk Brožinfliction,zavinění Pavel Cvrček |
infliction
(wn) | infliction
n 1: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
[syn: imposition, infliction]
2: an act causing pain or damage
3: 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" [syn: annoyance, bother, botheration,
pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass] |
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