violency

English

Etymology

From Latin violentia.

Noun

violency (plural violencies)

1. Violence. [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete, countable) A moment or act of violence. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1785 March 1, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:

     Cardinal d'Orini […] exclaimed against these Innovations & Violencies, by which his Fortune like that of many other Ecclesiastics had been impaired […] .