The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing

• austerity

  1. The quality or condition of being austere
  2. An austere act, habit, practice, or manner
  3. Severe and rigid economy:

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  1. The quality or condition of being austere
  2. An austere act, habit, practice, or manner
  3. Severe and rigid economy:

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• hardness

  1. The state or quality of being hard (in various senses)
  2. The relative resistance of a mineral to scratching, as measured by the Mohs scale.
  3. The relative resistance of a metal or other material to denting, scratching, or bending.

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  1. The state or quality of being hard (in various senses)
  2. The relative resistance of a mineral to scratching, as measured by the Mohs scale.
  3. The relative resistance of a metal or other material to denting, scratching, or bending.

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• harshness

  1. The quality of being harsh.

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  1. The quality of being harsh.

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• rigidity

  1. The quality or state of being rigid.
  2. In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
  3. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

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  1. The quality or state of being rigid.
  2. In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
  3. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.

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• rigorousness

  1. The property of being rigorous, strictness.

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  1. The property of being rigorous, strictness.

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• severity

  1. Rigid accuracy
  2. The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.
  3. Strictness; harshness

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  1. Rigid accuracy
  2. The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.
  3. Strictness; harshness

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• sternness

  1. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
  2. (Countable) The result or product of being stern.

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  1. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
  2. (Countable) The result or product of being stern.

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• strictness

  1. (Countable) The result or product of being strict.
  2. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being strict.

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  1. (Countable) The result or product of being strict.
  2. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being strict.

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• stringency

  1. A scarcity of money or credit
  2. A rigorous imposition of standards
  3. The quality or state of being stringent; strictness; severity

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  1. A scarcity of money or credit
  2. A rigorous imposition of standards
  3. The quality or state of being stringent; strictness; severity

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• toughness

  1. (Uncountable) The state of being tough
  2. (Physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  3. A formidable difficulty

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  1. (Uncountable) The state of being tough
  2. (Physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  3. A formidable difficulty

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Something that obstructs progress and requires great effort to overcome

• asperity

  1. A slight projection from a surface; a point or bump.
  2. Severity; rigor.
  3. Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, weather, etc. or of circumstances

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  1. A slight projection from a surface; a point or bump.
  2. Severity; rigor.
  3. Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, weather, etc. or of circumstances

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• difficulty

  1. Trouble, distress, etc., or a cause of this
  2. Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
  3. The condition or quality of being difficult:

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  1. Trouble, distress, etc., or a cause of this
  2. Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved:
  3. The condition or quality of being difficult:

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• hardship

  1. The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.
  2. (Countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
  3. A thing or circumstance that causes ongoing or persistent suffering or difficulty:

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  1. The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.
  2. (Countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
  3. A thing or circumstance that causes ongoing or persistent suffering or difficulty:

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• vicissitude

  1. A condition of constant change or alternation, as a natural process; mutability
  2. A difficulty that is likely to occur, esp. one that is inherent in a situation
  3. A usually unforeseen change in circumstance or experience that affects one's life, especially in a trying way:

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  1. A condition of constant change or alternation, as a natural process; mutability
  2. A difficulty that is likely to occur, esp. one that is inherent in a situation
  3. A usually unforeseen change in circumstance or experience that affects one's life, especially in a trying way:

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