Cruelness and Mercifulness

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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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Mercifulness is an antonym for cruelness.

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

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Cruelness is an antonym for mercifulness.

Nearby Words: merciful, mercifully

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