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Aggravation :: Aggravation (n.) The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences..

Remit :: Remit (v. i.) To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits..

Toleration :: Toleration (n.) Hence, freedom from bigotry and severity in judgment of the opinions or belief of others, especially in respect to religious matters..

Oppression :: Oppression (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..

Alleviation :: Alleviation (n.) The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

Hypercriticise :: Hypercriticise (v. t.) To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter..

Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency.

Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..

Tutor :: Tutor (v. t.) To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.

Lenity :: Lenity (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.

Rough :: Rough (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions..

Austereness :: Austereness (n.) Severity; strictness; austerity.

Budgeness :: Budgeness (n.) Sternness; severity.

Asperity :: Asperity (n.) Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; -- opposed to mildness.

Exaction :: Exaction (n.) That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice..

Acerbity :: Acerbity (n.) Harshness, bitterness, or severity; as, acerbity of temper, of language, of pain..

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