severity

Definition of Severity in English :

1. badness, severeness, severity

used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

something hard to endure

Example Sentences:
'the asperity of northern winters'

extreme plainness

excessive sternness

Example Sentences:
'severity of character'
'the harshness of his punishment was inhuman'
'the rigors of boot camp'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Severity

noun

the quality or condition of being severe

; specif.,

strictness; harshness

gravity, as of expression

rigid accuracy

extreme plainness or restraint, as in style

keenness, as of pain; intensity

rigorous or trying character

2. Word forms: plural seˈverities

something severe, as a punishment

n. pl. se·ver·i·ties

1. The state or quality of being severe.

2. The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.

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