sternness

Noun
Synonyms: strictness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding“the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable”
  2. uncompromising resolutionSynonyms: strictness
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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