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beastliness(unkindness, nastiness, spitefulness, callousness)
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bitterness(hatred, spite, meanness, nastiness)
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dictatorship(abuse, misery, suffering, hardship)
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ferociousness(violence, brutality, viciousness, fierceness)
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grimness(discipline, firmness, severity, harshness)
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hardheartedness(discipline, firmness, severity, harshness)
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inclemency
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inhuman treatment(expression, idiom)
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maltreatment(abuse, harm, violence, misery)
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offensiveness(spite, meanness, viciousness, painfulness)
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outrage
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remorselessness(coldness, hardheartedness, ruthlessness, pitilessness)
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rigidity(discipline, firmness, severity, harshness)
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rigor(discipline, firmness, severity, harshness)
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abrasiveness
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cruel-heartedness(quality, atrocity, inhumanity)
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hatefulness(evil, anger, hatred, bitterness)
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hellishness
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hurtfulness(bitterness, spitefulness, maliciousness, venom)
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iniquity(wrong, slight, damage, evil)
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