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Noun: mercilessness  mur-si-lus-nus
  1. Feelings of extreme heartlessness
    - cruelty, pitilessness, ruthlessness
     
  2. Inhumaneness evidenced by an unwillingness to be kind or forgiving
    - unmercifulness

Derived forms: mercilessnesses

See also: merciless

Type of: coldheartedness, hardheartedness, heartlessness, inhumaneness, inhumanity

Antonym: mercifulness

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