vindictiveness
nounUS /vɪnˈdɪk.tɪv.nəs/
Etymology From vindictive + -ness.
1
Usually The condition of being vindictive; a malevolent desire for revenge.
- Lord Avonleigh was an angry rather than a vindictive man. Vindictiveness requires more energy of character than he possessed. Indeed, it may be questioned whether he would of himself have taken the violent measures of the preceding evening.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 326: