Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sternness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sternness \Stern"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being stern.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sternness
n : uncompromising resolution [syn: {strictness}]
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