суро́вость — meaning in English

English meaning

• austerity noun Extreme plainness and self-discipline, with no luxuries.
• hardship noun A period of severe difficulty, suffering, or lack; hard times.
• rigour noun Severity or strictness.
• severity noun The quality of being harsh, strict, or extreme.

Senses

суро́вость is used for these senses in English:

• asperity (uncountable) The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one behaves or speaks toward another person; (countable, chiefly, in the plural) a deeply hostile or resentful feeling; an animosity, a hatred.
• austerity Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
• rigour Severity or strictness.
• rigour Harshness, as of climate.
• severity The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

austerity — full definition

1. noun Extreme plainness and self-discipline, with no luxuries.
2. noun A government policy of cutting spending or raising taxes to reduce a deficit.

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