infliction
in-flic-tion / ĭn-flĭk-shən
noun 1. the act of imposing something unpleasant or unwelcome that must be endured Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions. Abraham Lincoln, 1809 – 1865 2. something that is imposed on another, such as punishment or suffering Death comes to the ungodly man as a penal infliction, but to the righteous as a summons to his Father's palace. Charles Spurgeon, 1834 – 1892