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severity |
Grep of noun severity severity Overview of noun severity The noun severity has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) badness, severity -- (used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather) 2. asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, rigorousness -- (something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters") 3. severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp") Overview of noun severity The noun severity has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) badness, severity -- (used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather) 2. asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, rigorousness -- (something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters") 3. severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp")
severity definition