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noun, plural -ties.
1.
harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
2.
austere simplicity, as of style, manner, or taste: The severity of the decor was striking.
3.
intensity or sharpness, as of cold or pain.
4.
grievousness; hard or trying character or effect: The severity of his loss was finally becoming apparent.
5.
EXPANDrigid exactness or accuracy.
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Severities
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Word Origin & History
severity
late 15c., "austerity or strictness of life," from M.Fr. severite, from L. severitas, from severus "stern, strict, serious," possibly from *se vero "without kindness," from se "without" (see secret) + *vero "kindness," neuter ablative of verus "true" (see
EXPAND very). Meaning "strictness in dealing with others" is recorded from 1520s.
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