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Oppressor :: Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

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

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..

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

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..

Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh; stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach..

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

Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

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 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..

Scourge :: Scourge (n.) To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction..

Satire :: Satire (a.) Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.

Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; 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.

Torvity :: Torvity (a.) Sourness or severity of countenance; sterness.

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

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

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

Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..

Mordacity :: Mordacity (n.) The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality..

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