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1. The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
   - imposition
    
2. An act causing pain or damage
    
3. Something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
   "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
   - annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, pain in the neck, pain in the ass

Derived forms: inflictions

See also: inflict

Type of: actus reus, enforcement, misconduct, negative stimulus, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct