noun
- An earnest and sincere feeling.
- synonyms: earnestness, sincerity
- The quality of arousing fear or distress.
- usage: "he learned the seriousness of his illness"
- synonyms: distressfulness
- The trait of being serious."a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness- Robert Rice
- synonyms: earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
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