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Affliction

//əˈflɪk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony. countable, uncountable

    "BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]"

  2. 2
    a cause of great suffering and distress wordnet
  3. 3
    Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony. countable, uncountable

    "She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction, but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]"

  4. 4
    a condition of suffering or distress due to ill health wordnet
  5. 5
    a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem, from affligere, whence English afflict.

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