unmercifulness
Absence of compassion
Unmercifulness is the quality of showing no mercy—a refusal to soften punishment or ease suffering when one has the power to do so.
The word is rare and literary, more likely found in religious or philosophical texts than everyday speech: The unmercifulness of the sentence shocked even his critics.
Total absence of compassion
- heartlessnessLack of compassion
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- inhumanityExtreme cruelty toward others
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
barbarity · viciousness · sadism · cold-bloodedness · ferocity · malevolence · fiendishness · callousness
Inability to be appeased
- inexorabilityUnyielding, unchangeable nature
- remorselessnessState of feeling no regret
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
unforgiving · obduracy · adamance · intransigence · unbending · persistence · doggedness · tenacity
Unsparing quality or manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- stringencySeverity of requirements
austerity · draconian · exacting · punitive · unsparing · disciplinarian · authoritarian · heavy-handedness
pitilessness
Total absence of compassion
- heartlessnessLack of compassion
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- inhumanityExtreme cruelty toward others
savagery · barbarity · viciousness · sadism · cold-bloodedness · ferocity · malevolence · fiendishness · callousness · monstrosity
implacability
Inability to be appeased
- inexorabilityUnyielding, unchangeable nature
- remorselessnessState of feeling no regret
- unrelentingRefusing to let up
unyielding · unforgiving · obduracy · adamance · intransigence · unbending · persistence · doggedness · tenacity · inflexibility
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
stringency · austerity · draconian · exacting · punitive · unsparing · disciplinarian · authoritarian · heavy-handedness · oppressiveness
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Compassionate treatment of offenders
mercy · compassion · clemency · forgiveness · leniency
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