#sternness__sternnes__strictnes  uncompromising resolution
  supertype:  unpermissiveness  lack of permissiveness or indulgence
  subtype:  Puritanism  strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
  subtype:  severity__harshness__harshnes__rigour__inclemency__hardness__stiffness__stiffnes  excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

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