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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding;
- Example: "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable"

2. uncompromising resolution;
[syn: sternness, strictness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sternness \Stern"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being stern.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sternness
    n 1: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and
         forbidding; "the sternness of his surroundings made him
         uncomfortable"
    2: uncompromising resolution [syn: sternness, strictness]