Severity

Definition of Severity

Se`ver´i`ty

n.	1.	The quality or state of being severe.
	2.	Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties.
	3.	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.
	4.	Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.
	5.	Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test. Confining myself to the severity of truth. - Dryden.

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