Noun
The property of being rigorous, strictness.
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Not the first nor the best and certainly not the most famous dictionary of the English language, Swansby’s has always been a poor shadow of its competitors as a work of reference – from the first printed edition in 1930 to today it has nowhere near the success nor rigorousness of Britannica and the Oxford English Dictionary.
Noun
something hard to endure
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the asperity of northern winters
excessive sternness
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severity of character
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
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the rigors of boot camp