Excruciation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excruciation \Ex*cru`ci*a"tion\n. [L. excruciatio.]
     The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being
     thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture. --Feltham.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  excruciation
       n 1: a state of acute pain [syn: {agony}, {suffering}]
       2: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering
          [syn: {crucifixion}]