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unˈmercifulness [un-1 12.] The quality of being unmerciful; mercilessness.
1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 81 Made drunke with the frutes of the flesh, as infidelitie,..oppression, vnmercifulnesse. 1565Cecil Let. in Strype Ann. Ref. xliv. (1709) 444 To sharpen their tongues against the idols..of..malice, and unmercifulness. 1649F. Roberts Clavis Bibl. 423 Babylon being devoted to destruction for her unmercifulnesse to the Jewes. 1682Sec. Plea Nonconform. 63 If Justices are not merciful, they have the Countenance of the Law, for Un⁓mercifulness. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. vi. 141 Injustice, unmercifulness, and cruelty are wrong. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel 524 That common sin of conquerors, unmercifulness and oppression. |