Stiffness :  (noun)
1: the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2: the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
3: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness]
4: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness] ... ( more )

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