Infliction
Infliction noun - The act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo).
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Synonyms for Infliction
Short shrift and infliction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short shrift" instead a noun "Infliction".
Short shrift
Short shrift noun - A brief and unsympathetic rejection.
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Synonyms for Short shrift
Infliction and short shrift are semantically related. You can use "Infliction" instead a noun phrase "Short shrift".
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Related pairs
- hard work and infliction
- hard work and short shrift
- trial and infliction
- trial and short shrift
- suffering and infliction
- suffering and short shrift
- forfeit and infliction
- forfeit and short shrift
- pain and infliction
- pain and short shrift
- discipline and infliction
- discipline and short shrift
- torture and infliction
- torture and short shrift
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Short shrift and Infliction. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/infliction/short_shrift
Infliction & Short shrift. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/infliction/short_shrift>.
Short shrift or Infliction. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/infliction/short_shrift.
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