Definition of "hard-heartedness" [hard-heartedness]

• The character of being hard-hearted; want of feeling or tenderness; cruelty; inhumanity. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The leads were allowed to be most heavyhearted — say, after having to take out a foe whose humanity was briefly glimpsed — but hard-heartedness was kept generally to the casting margins, or acknowledged under the cover of exigency."
• "Put away the self-defeating behavior of hard-heartedness that has you enslaved by thanking Jesus for forgiving you."
• "Unlike the effects of alcoholism, you will not develop cirrhosis of the liver—just hard-heartedness, which can be equally detrimental to your health."