infliction

Examples of inflicting

inflicting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The person inflicting the sanction may, of course, happen to form an opinion on these matters identical to that of the state.
The central role of the state in determining the severity of these sanctions and inflicting them requires justification.
The author wields the blunt instruments of ' ' political transaction costs ' ' and ' ' induced ideological change ' ' at frequent intervals, inflicting substantial transaction costs on the reader.
This act presumably violated the prohibition on magistrates inflicting more than 25 lashes.
It is wrong, therefore, to try to justify inflicting pain on an animal by aggregating the supposed or actual benefits accruing to several others.
It specifically prohibited faculty from inflicting corporal punishment on students.
However, there was an association between age and the odds of a subject inflicting self-harm upon himself or herself.
These prohibitions are grounded in the state's judgments concerning the wrongfulness of violating these prohibitions and the appropriateness of inflicting sanctions for violating them.
Inflicting a sanction under these circumstances exposes the agent who inflicts it to a serious risk.
I argue that the practice of inflicting sanctions for wrongdoing is an integral part of other duties and powers that the state has.
First, one must establish that inflicting sanctions for wrongdoing is appropriate or desirable.
Second, one must establish that state-inflicted punishments are in fact the most effective means of inflicting the appropriate sanctions for transgressions.
At the least, it would be much harder to justify than inflicting similar harm to avert a greater harm, such as death or significant disability.
They should also study how to avoid inflicting these experiences.
These disturbed spirits were thought to communicate their upset by inflicting disease through possession.
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