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Webster 1913 Edition
Savageness
Sav′age-ness
,Noun.
The state or quality of being savage.
Wolves and bears, they say,
Casting their
Like offices of pity.
Casting their
savageness
aside have doneLike offices of pity.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Savageness
SAV'AGENESS
,Noun.
1.
Wildness; an untamed, uncultivated or uncivilized state; barbarism. Hence,2.
Cruelty; barbarousness.Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savageness aside, have done like offices of pity.