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infliction

noun as in curse

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The lawsuit, which names Santa Margarita Catholic High School and the Roman Catholic Bishop of Orange, alleges negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

And his latest comments are also part of a continuing course of extreme and outrageous behavior towards these men that courts have consistently found sufficient to support a claim for the intentional infliction of emotional distress.

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“I believe if you commit a crime, you should pay the consequences of that, and the punishment should be proportionate to the crime or the infliction of harm on society.”

The suit asserted claims of defamation, deprivation of rights and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Sophy is suing Young for civil harassment and intentional infliction of emotional distress and has demanded a jury trial.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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