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countable and uncountable, plural severities
The state of being severe. quotations examples
[…] the fear of God whereof ' tis written Keeper : But not the fear of punishment for sinAnd I can see that the uncertainty In which we act is a severity ,A cruelty , amounting to injusticeThat nothing but God's mercy can assuage . […]
1948, Harold Vinal, Voices, numbers 132-136, page 51
The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness. examples