Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Barbarity

Barbarity ({not transcribed}) , noun

[From Barbarous.]

1.
The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
2.
Cruelty; ferociousness; inhumanity.
Treating Christians with a barbarity which would have shocked the very Moslem. — Macaulay
3.
A barbarous or cruel act.
4.
Barbarism; impurity of speech. [Obsolete] — Swift