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Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..

Severe :: Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..

Severe :: Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test..

Ascetic :: Ascetic (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things..

Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence..

Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..

Inquisitorial :: Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power..

Severity :: Severity (n.) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties..

Impleadable :: Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous..

Straits :: Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

Rigorist :: Rigorist (n.) One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.

Inclement :: Inclement (a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather..

Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief..

Undue :: Undue (a.) Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law..

District :: District (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Violent.

Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..

Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter..

Rigorism :: Rigorism (n.) Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.

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