infliction (n.)

• affliction
• bane
• bother
• bugbear
• burden
• calamity
• care
• castigation
• chastening
• chastisement
• correction
• cross
• curse
• death
• demand
• deserts
• destruction
• discipline
• disease
• distress
• encumbrance
• evil
• exaction
• ferule
• gall
• grievance
• harm
• imposition
• inconsiderateness
• inconvenience
• judgment
• load
• loading
• nemesis
• obtrusiveness
• oppression
• pains
• pay
• payment
• penalty
• penology
• pest
• pestilence
• plague
• presumptuousness
• punishment
• retribution
• scourge
• sorrow
• thorn
• torment
• trouble
• vexation
• visitation
• weight
• weighting
• woe