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noun
severity
Synonyms: acerbity, asperity, astringence, coldness, exactingness, exactness, formality, formalness, gravity, grimness, hardness, harshness, inclemency, inflexibility, obduracy, rigidity, rigor, seriousness, solemnity, sternness, stiffness, strictness, stringency
Antonyms: blandness, calmness, gentility, meekness, mildness
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noun
refraining; abstinence
Synonyms: abstemiousness, asceticism, chasteness, chastity, continence, determination, economy, prudence, puritanism, self-denial, self-discipline, sobriety, stoicism, strictness, temperance
Antonyms: elaborateness, extravagance, indulgence, spending
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noun
grimness, barrenness
Synonyms: baldness, bareness, dourness, economy, plainness, primitiveness, rusticism, severity, simplicity, spareness, spartanism, starkness, unadornment
Antonyms: elaborateness, luxuriousness