Savageness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Savageness \Sav"age*ness\, n.
     The state or quality of being savage.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Wolves and bears, they say,
           Casting their savageness aside have done


           Like offices of pity.                    --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  savageness
       n : the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: {ferociousness}, {brutality},
            {viciousness}, {savagery}]