severity

n. rigour. mercilessness 严厉，冷酷无情。
△1H.VI.2.3.45:“I laugh to see your ladyship sofond / To think that you have aught but Talbot'sshadow / Whereon to practise your severity.”我笑，是看到夫人这么愚蠢，竟以为你除了塔尔博特的影像还抓住点什么，可以在他身上实行你的严厉手段。
△Rom.1.1.225 (219):“beauty starved with her severity”.i.e.killed by herdetermination to remain single and a virgin. 让美貌被她的严酷所毁掉。