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enormity

 noun
     
e‧nor‧mi‧ty plural enormities
1 [singular] the great size, seriousness, or difficulty of a situation, problem, event etc
enormity of
Even now, the full enormity of his crimes has not been exposed.
the enormity of the task
2 [countable usually plural] formal a very evil and cruel act [= atrocity]
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