Noun
The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
That which is inflicted or imposed, as punishment, disgrace, calamity, etc.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell. Bertrand Russell
War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit. Robert Fisk
There will never be a scenario in which the infliction of fear and pain on a vulnerable individual creates a benefit to humankind. Joaquin Phoenix
Congress's definition of torture in those laws - the infliction of severe mental or physical pain - leaves room for interrogation methods that go beyond polite conversation. John Yoo
There can be no question that the practice of vivisection hardens the sensibility of the operator and begets indifference to the infliction of pain, as well as great carelessness in judging of its severity. Henry Jacob Bigelow
Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become exiled from good, he needs to be reintegrated with it through suffering. The suffering should be inflicted with the aim of bringing the soul to recognize freely some day that its infliction was just. Simone Weil