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Definition of Severity

• (n.) The quality or state of being severe.
• (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.
• (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.
• (n.) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
• (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test.

Synonyms of Severity

• Badness
• Severeness
• Asperity
• Grimness
• Hardship
• Rigor
• Rigour
• Severeness
• Rigorousness
• Rigourousness
• Austereness
• Severeness
• Severeness
• Harshness
• Rigor
• Rigour
• Rigorousness
• Rigourousness
• Inclemency
• Hardness
• Stiffness

Antonyms of Severity

Homophones of Severity