Cruelty is the intentional infliction of suffering or the inaction towards another's suffering when a clear remedy is readily available. [1] Sadism can also be related to this form of action or concept.

The meaning of CRUELTY is the quality or state of being cruel. How to use cruelty in a sentence.

cruelty to The farmer was accused of cruelty to animals. The slaves were treated with sickening cruelty. I find any cruelty to children utterly repellent. She divorced her husband on the …

Cruelty is a characteristic of deliberately causing someone pain. Years of cruelty by their leaders can cause citizens to rise up together and revolt. Keeping a dog tied up outside all day and all night is animal cruelty, while kids' endless bullying of a classmate is another kind of cruelty.

CRUELTY meaning: 1 : a desire to cause others to suffer the quality or state of being cruel; 2 : actions that cause suffering

Definition of cruelty noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [uncountable] cruelty (to somebody/something) behaviour that causes physical or mental pain to others and makes them suffer, especially deliberately. The deliberate cruelty of his words cut her like a knife.

Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals. There are laws against cruelty to animals.