Cruelness and Clemency

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Cruelness noun - Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: far from being healers, the doctors in the Nazi death camps were notable for their senseless cruelness

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Clemency is an antonym for cruelness.

Clemency noun - Kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.

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Cruelness is an antonym for clemency.

Nearby Words: clement, Clemente, clemencia

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Clemency and Cruelness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cruelness/clemency

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