severity
noun
harshness, sternness, or rigor.
overseverity
-
a word derived from
severity.
Example Sentences
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They appreciated justice, but they were neither happy nor well behaved unless they were under authority; weakness toward them was even more ruinous than harshness and overseverity.
From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt
