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PUNITIVENESS Synonyms

There are 9 synonyms of the word punitiveness. (exact relations)
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	austerity					nounn
	noun • the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
	discipline					nounn
	noun • a branch of knowledge • a system of rules of conduct or method of practice • the trait of being well behaved • training to improve strength or self-control • the act of disciplining verb • develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control • punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
	firmness					nounn
	noun • the muscle tone of healthy tissue • the trait of being resolute • the property of being unyielding to the touch • the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place
	harshness					nounn
	noun • the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions • the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses • the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance • excessive sternness
	inflexibility					nounn
	noun • a lack of physical flexibility • the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
	rigor					nounn
	noun • something hard to endure • the quality of being valid and rigorous • excessive sternness
	severity					nounn
	noun • used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather • something hard to endure • extreme plainness • excessive sternness
	sternness					nounn
	noun • the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding • uncompromising resolution
	strictness					nounn
	noun • conscientious attention to rules and details • uncompromising resolution

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