mercilessness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mercilessness
    n 1: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: {cruelty},
         {mercilessness}, {pitilessness}, {ruthlessness}]
    2: inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or
       forgiving [syn: {mercilessness}, {unmercifulness}] [ant:
       {mercifulness}, {mercy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Merciless \Mer"ci*less\, a.
   Destitute of mercy; cruel; unsparing; -- said of animate
   beings, and also, figuratively, of things; as, a merciless
   tyrant; merciless waves.
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         The foe is merciless, and will not pity. --Shak.
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   Syn: Cruel; unmerciful; remorseless; ruthless; pitiless;
        barbarous; savage.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Mer"ci*less*ly}, adv. --
        {Mer"ci*less*ness}, n.
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