3
coolness(noun, caution, severity, carefulness, discretion)
3
exactingness(noun, severity, strictness, sternness)
3
exactness(noun, simplicity, severity, purity, harshness)
3
inflexibility(noun, firmness, severity, harshness, conformity)
3
leanness(noun, severity)
3
matter-of-factness(noun, severity)
3
preciseness(noun, severity, harshness, conformity, strictness)
3
teetotalism(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
3
thriftiness(noun, care, recession, economy, saving)
2
abnegation(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
2
acrimony(discourtesy, unsavoriness)
2
ascesis
2
austereness
2
canniness(noun, caution, carefulness, forethought, farsightedness)
2
care(noun, decrease, restraint, caution, recession)
2
carefulness(noun, decrease, care, restraint, caution)
2
clarity(noun, simplicity, purity, ordinariness)
2
determination(noun, firmness, severity, strictness, stiffness)
2
husbandry(noun, decrease, care, restraint, recession)
2
moderateness(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
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