Verb

• S: (v) enforce, impose, constrain (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) inflict, bring down, visit, impose (impose something unpleasant) "The principal visited his rage on the students"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) infliction [Related to: inflict] (an act causing pain or damage)
• W: (n) visitation [Related to: visit] (an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event) "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
• W: (n) imposition [Related to: impose] (an uncalled-for burden) "he listened but resented the imposition"
• W: (n) imposition [Related to: impose] (the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo))
• sentence frame
• S: (v) levy, impose (impose and collect) "levy a fine"