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SEVERITY
(noun) excessive sternness
"severity of character", "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman", "the rigors of boot camp"
synonyms : hardness , harshness , inclemency , rigor , rigorousness , rigour , rigourousness , severeness , stiffness(noun) extreme plainness
synonyms : austereness , severeness(noun) something hard to endure
"the asperity of northern winters"
synonyms : asperity , grimness , hardship , rigor , rigorousness , rigour , rigourousness , severenessPeople living in Iceland are accustomed to the asperity of the winter there. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
synonyms : badness , severeness
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Mnemonics for severity
(Tag: ) SEVERITY and AUSTERITY which are rhyming words have opposite meanings. Severity is something in the extreme while Austerity is something plain and simple.
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i think what pushpa_edit wrote is wrong here. They are actually synonymous added by murali89
SEVERITY AND AUSTERITY ARE SYNONYMS NOT ANTONYMS... added by vidz
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