Usually means: Lack of compassion or pity.
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  1. mercilessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. mercilessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mercilessness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mercilessness: Vocabulary.com
  5. mercilessness: Wordnik
  6. mercilessness: Wiktionary
  7. mercilessness: Dictionary.com
  8. mercilessness: Rhymezone
  9. mercilessness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. mercilessness: FreeDictionary.org
  11. mercilessness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. mercilessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mercilessness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mercilessness)

▸ noun:  The property of being merciless.

Similar:
pitilessness, cruelty, unmercifulness, ruthlessness, merciness, mercifulness, compassionlessness, unmercenariness, miserliness, unmiserliness, more...

Opposite:
mercy, compassion, kindness, clemency, leniency

Types:
cruelty, brutality, inhumanity, barbarity, savagery, ruthlessness, more...

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Similar:
pitilessness, cruelty, unmercifulness, ruthlessness, merciness, mercifulness, compassionlessness, unmercenariness, miserliness, unmiserliness, more...

Opposite:
mercy, compassion, kindness, clemency, leniency

Types:
cruelty, brutality, inhumanity, barbarity, savagery, ruthlessness, more...



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