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n. a state of being serious

n. The condition or character of being serious, in any sense of that word.

n. the quality of arousing fear or distress

n. an earnest and sincere feeling

n. the trait of being serious

"They told me the incident took place, alleged incident took place in the Bahamas, so it was out of Seattle police jurisdiction, but that the alleged victim lives in Seattle and that, because of what they called the seriousness of the alleged incident, they documented it and took, again, what they call a courtesy report."

badness    severeness    severity    solemnity    gravity   

earnestness    solemnity    humility    frankness    pathos    gravity    sadness    simplicity    firmness    reverence