Unruth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness. archaic, poetic, uncountable

    "Whereat in a moment of cross unruth / He thought, "All right if you want the truth!""

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"Whereat in a moment of cross unruth / He thought, "All right if you want the truth!""

Etymology

From un- + ruth (“pity, compassion, mercy”).

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