ə̇nˈflikshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin infliction-, inflictio, from Latin inflictus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of inflicting
if the reader will bear one further infliction of statistics and formal description — Ernest Barker
infliction of damage by an economic association — C.A.Cooke
2. : something inflicted
I do not call these people visitors at all … they are inflictions — F.A.Swinnerton