Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Savagery

Savagery (?; 277) , noun

[French sauvagerie.]

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. — Shakespeare
3.
Wild growth, as of plants. — Shakespeare