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English to English noun
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something hard to endure |  | Example: the asperity of northern winters
source: wordnet30
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the quality of being valid and rigorous | | source: wordnet30
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excessive sternness | | Example: severity of character
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
the rigors of boot camp
source: wordnet30
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Rigidity; stiffness. | | source: webster1913
| 5 |
The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. | | source: webster1913
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