Synonyms: sternness, strictness
Definition: uncompromising resolution
Similar words: unpermissiveness, restrictiveness
Definition: a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Synonyms: sternness
Definition: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
Usage: the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable
Similar words: asperity, severeness, severity, hardship, grimness, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness
Definition: something hard to endure
Usage: the asperity of northern winters