1.Definition: an act causing pain or damage

Category: General

2.Definition: something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

"Washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer", "A bit of a bother", "He's not a friend, he's an infliction"

Related Noun(s):annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, pain in the neck

Category: General

3.Definition: the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)

Related Noun(s):imposition

Category: General