barbarities

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Barbarity \Bar*bar"i*ty\, n.; pl. Barbarities. [From Barbarous.]

1.The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization. [1913 Webster]

2.Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity. [1913 Webster]

Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.A barbarous or cruel act. [1913 Webster]

4.Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obs.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]