Harshness (8)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">harshness</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for asperity that I've seen before include "rough manner" , "Roughness, bitterness" , "Rough state" , "Harshness, bitter coldness" , "Roughness of temper" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">harshness</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that harshness can be written as severity)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for severity that I've seen before include "Sternness" , "Harshness, asperity" , "Intensity; harshness" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">harshness</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that harshness can be written as rigor)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rigor that I've seen before include "Shivering chill before fever" , "Stiffness (after death?)" , "Chilled shivering often a symptom of disease" , "Stiff, irresponsive state" , "showing failure to respond" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">harshness</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(both can mean strictness or severity)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for rigour that I've seen before include "Austerity - strictness" , "Strict exactitude" , "Extreme strictness" , "Severity, harshness" , "Extreme care and thoroughness" .)