'Heartlessness' definitions:

Definition of 'heartlessness'

From: WordNet
noun
An absence of concern for the welfare of others [syn: heartlessness, coldheartedness, hardheartedness]

Definition of 'Heartlessness'

From: GCIDE
  • Heartless \Heart"less\, a.
  • 1. Without a heart. [1913 Webster]
  • You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent. [1913 Webster]
  • Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Heartless and melancholy. --W. Irwing. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." --Byron. -- {Heart"less*ly}, adv. -- {Heart"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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