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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUTHLESSNESS, n. Want of compassion; insensibility to the distresses of others.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: mercilessness characterized by a lack of pity [syn: pitilessness, ruthlessness]
2: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: cruelty, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see ruthless

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see ruthless

Moby Thesaurus

animality, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody-mindedness, brutality, brutalness, brutishness, cannibalism, cruelness, cruelty, ferociousness, ferocity, fiendishness, fierceness, flintiness, hardness, harshness, heartlessness, inclemency, inexorableness, inhumaneness, inhumanity, mercilessness, pitilessness, relentlessness, remorselessness, sadism, sadistic cruelty, sanguineousness, savagery, short shrift, tender mercies, truculence, uncompassionateness, unfeelingness, unforgivingness, unmercifulness, unremorsefulness, unsympatheticness, unyieldingness, vandalism, viciousness, violence, wanton cruelty