severity

/si'veriti/
Noun
  1. excessive sternness
    • severity of character
    • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
    • the rigors of boot camp
  2. extreme plainness
  3. something hard to endure
    • the asperity of northern winters
  4. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

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severity
The severity of the winter storm kept everyone indoors.