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grav⋅i⋅tas

  [grav-i-tahs, ‑tas]
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–noun
seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
Origin:
1920–25; < L gravitās; see gravity
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grav·i·tas   (grāv'ĭ-täs')   
n.  
  1. Substance; weightiness: a frivolous biography that lacks the gravitas of its subject.
  2. A serious or dignified demeanor: "Our national father figure needs gravitas, [but] he's pitched himself as the kid brother" (John Leo).

[Latin gravitās, heaviness, seriousness; see gravity.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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