severity (
http://definr.com/severity)
n 1: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or
weather [syn:
badness]
2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
[syn:
asperity,
grimness,
hardship,
rigor,
rigour,
rigorousness]
3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn:
harshness,
rigor,
rigour,
inclemency,
hardness,
stiffness]