Definition of severity

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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..

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Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..
Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice..
Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..
Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Severity; rigor.
Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.
Tutor :: Tutor (v. t.) To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
Budgeness :: Budgeness (n.) Sternness; severity.
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Black Monday :: Black Monday () Easter Monday, so called from the severity of that day in 1360, which was so unusual that many of Edward III.'s soldiers, then before Paris, died from the cold..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter..
Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
Mordacity :: Mordacity (n.) The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality..
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners..
Toleration :: Toleration (n.) Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters..
Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..
Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or state of being severe.
Recrudescency :: Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency.
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