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Plural for suffering, hardship or pain that one has to endure
“He suffered greatly from a most painful abscess in his side, yet he did not cease to travel and to preach, patiently enduring his affliction.”
Plural for a physical ailment, disorder or illness
“Mr. Pound has been recovering from an affliction. He has been sitting in his den listening to opera records all week.”
Plural for a cause of great distress or misfortune
“But as we feel compassion for her, we can empathize with the sorrow and anxiety that gave rise to the affliction of alcohol dependency.”
Plural for a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or misfortune
“Lord Lucan, as you may suppose, felt great affliction when he heard that the French had taken possession of Castlebar.”
Plural for an emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition
“What does it tell us about the nature of the mind that one can have a mental affliction that is not based on an emotion?”
Plural for harm, damage or injury, or that which cases it
“These dissensions are a great affliction on schools and a principal impediment to education in this country.”
Plural for an instance, or the result, of being physically hurt or injured
Plural for a mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
Plural for a feeling of having committed wrong or failed in an obligation
(religion) Plural for a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinner passes after death
Plural for a sin or moral transgression
Plural for hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of one's background or beliefs
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