stiffness
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Definition of stiffness:
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck" firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity" the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" |