Wiktionary
n. 1 (&lit pain suffering English) 2 (context legal English) A species of damages that one may recover for physical or mental pain that results from a wrong done.
Wikipedia
Pain and suffering is the legal term for the physical and emotional stress caused from an injury.
Pain and Suffering may also refer to:
- Pain & Suffering, a 2007 album by American heavy metal band Rhino Bucket
- Azab dan Sengsara, a 1920 Indonesian novel by Merari Siregar
- "Pain and Suffering", a 1982 song from Iggy Pop's album Zombie Birdhouse
Usage examples of "pain and suffering".
But those who are punished by the artifact, on whom pain and suffering are inflicted -- those persons would be motivated to ask ultimately questions as to the nature of the entity ruling their lives.
We are reborn into this world of pain and suffering until we can purify ourselves sufficiently to attain Nirvana.
One of them died before the trial, so what with loss of projected lifetime income, pain and suffering to the wife, three children, mother and father, four grandparents, and punitive damages, Kyril had to pay seventeen million dollars.
God, who would inflict a life of pain and suffering on so many innocents.