sévérité

Definitions of sévérité
  1. noun
    uncompromising resolution
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    intolérance
    a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
  2. noun
    something hard to endure
    synonyms: dureté
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    type of:
    difficulté
    the quality of being difficult
  3. noun
    conscientious attention to rules and details
    synonyms: dureté
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    conscience
    the trait of being painstaking and careful
  4. noun
    excessive sternness
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