Severity is a plain, no frills hardness––or the degree of hardness. You might talk about the severity of the northern winter, or the severity of your grandfather's discipline.
The quality or state of being severe.
Noun
excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
Noun
something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
Noun
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
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.
Severity
Confining myself to the severity of truth.
The quality or state of being severe.
Usage Examples
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.
When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
Forgiveness is not a feeling - it's a decision we make because we want to do what's right before God. It's a quality decision that won't be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.
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Other Usage ExamplesI don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.
The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years.
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
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