The action or an act of inflicting pain, frequently as part of religious discipline; spec. self-mortification; an instance of this. In later use…
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > cause of > action of causing (6) afflictionc1330 The action or an act of inflicting pain, frequently as part of religious discipline; spec. self-mortification; an instance of this. In later use… visitationc1380 The action, on the part of God or some supernatural power, of coming to, or exercising power over, a… So as to afflict with sickness or other… grievinga1398 From transitive senses of the verb: The act of causing grief, †oppressing, troubling, paining, etc. †Also, a painful affection of the body (obsolete). inflictiona1535 The action of inflicting (pain, punishment, annoyance, etc.); in quot. 1616, the fact of being inflicted. straiting1591 = straitening n. at straiten, v. derivatives. straitening1598 |
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