savageness n 1: the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums" [syn: {savageness}, {savagery}]
Savageness \Sav"age*ness\, n. The state or quality of being savage. [1913 Webster] Wolves and bears, they say, Casting their savageness aside have done Like offices of pity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]