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noun a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
noun feelings of extreme heartlessness
noun the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
originFrom Middle English cruelte, from Old French crualté (French cruauté), from Latin crudelitas. By surface analysis, cruel + -ty.
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