Results for cruelty

Definition of cruelty:

• part of speech: (noun)

  Inhumanity; disposition to inflict sufferings.

Usage examples for cruelty:

“ For if sin is the worst evil- perhaps the only real evil in the world- and the end of all sin is death and misery, then to indulge people in sin is to show them the very worst of cruelty ” Sermons on National Subjects, - Charles Kingsley.

“ That also would be folly and cruelty ” The Pros and Cons of Vivisection, - Charles Richet Commentator: W. D. Halliburton.