unmercy
English
Etymology
From un- (“lack or absence of”) + mercy.
Noun
unmercy (countable and uncountable, plural unmercies)
- The lack or absence of mercy; mercilessness.
- 1870, Octavius Perinchief, Sermons Preached in Memorial Church, Baltimore:
- There is justice and injustice, mercy and unmercy, love and unlove, self and unself, faithfulness and unfaithfulness, the well-being of others and the ill-being of others, the honor of God and the dishonor of God.
- 1870, Octavius Perinchief, Sermons Preached in Memorial Church, Baltimore: