Synonyms

hardship grimness rigour severity rigorousness asperity

Examples

"the asperity of northern winters"

Used in print

And the monastic communities were supposed to be made_up of volunteers selected only after a novitiate which would test their religious aptitude for monastic rigors , their spiritual athleticism .

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difficulty

Synonyms

harshness inclemency hardness stiffness rigour severity

Examples

"severity of character" "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman" "the rigors of boot camp"

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sternness

Synonyms

validity rigour cogency

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credibility