4
directness(noun, simplicity, purity, ordinariness)
4
discipline(noun, severity, strictness)
4
formality(noun, severity, strictness, inflexibility, sternness)
4
gravity(noun, severity, strictness, sternness)
4
inclemency(noun, severity, harshness, conformity, strictness)
4
meagerness(noun, stinginess)
4
moderation(noun, control, measure, restraint, caution)
4
nonindulgence
4
puritanism(noun, severity, strictness, abstinence, sternness)
4
roughness(noun, difficulty, firmness, severity, harshness)
4
soberness(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
4
sobriety(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
4
solemnity(noun, severity, harshness, strictness, sternness)
4
sparingness(noun, care, restraint, recession, economy)
4
toughness(noun, easy, condition, discipline, firmness)
3
authoritarianism(noun, severity)
3
bleakness(noun, severity, harshness, drabness)
3
candor(noun, simplicity)
3
coldness(noun, severity, strictness, sternness)
3
conservation(noun, caution, carefulness, discretion, forethought)
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