Gravity1. (a.) Seriousness; severity; heaviness; as, the gravity of a difficult situation.
2. (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor.
3. (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.
4. (n.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.
5. (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
Thesaurus Entries
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