Savagery /(?; 277)/

Sav·age·ry

Savagery

n.
  1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
    A like work of primeval savagery.
    — C. Kingsley.
  2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
    The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
  3. Wild growth, as of plants.