Definition of severity

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Severity (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war..

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Torvity :: Torvity (a.) Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness.
Rigorism :: Rigorism (n.) Severity, as of style, or the like..
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..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Budgeness :: Budgeness (n.) Sternness; severity.
Hypercriticism :: Hypercriticism (n.) Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..
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..
Scold :: Scold (v. t.) To chide with rudeness and clamor; to rate; also, to rebuke or reprove with severity..
Austereness :: Austereness (n.) Severity; strictness; austerity.
Rough :: Rough (n.) Marked by severity or violence; harsh; hard; as, rough measures or actions..
Recrudescency :: Recrudescency (n.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.
Acute :: Acute (a.) Attended with symptoms of some degree of severity, and coming speedily to a crisis; -- opposed to chronic; as, an acute disease..
Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..
Severity :: Severity (n.) The quality or state of being severe.
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter..
Austerity :: Austerity (n.) Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Hypercriticise :: Hypercriticise (v. t.) To criticise with unjust severity; to criticise captiously.
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