figurative. Gravity, importance; burden (of blame, responsibility, etc.); steadying influence. Obsolete.

figurative. Gravity, importance, significance; load, burden; burdensomeness. Obsolete.

Gravity, grievousness (of an offence). Obsolete.

Grave, weighty, or serious character or nature; importance, seriousness. of events, facts, conditions.

Esp. of speech or writing: (originally) profundity, gravity, seriousness; (now usually) dullness, pomposity, excessive deliberateness; an instance of…

Weight, heaviness; (figurative) importance, significance.

Importance, gravity, weight. Now chiefly in of (great) pith and moment.

The quality of being significant, important, dangerous, or attended by risk; importance, magnitude.

= preponderance, n. rare.

= gravity, n. 3.