Answer:
1. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
2. extreme or alarming importance; seriousness.
"crimes of the utmost gravity"
Explanation:
Gravity, also called gravitation, in mechanics, the universal force of attraction acting between all matter. ... On Earth all bodies have a weight, or downward force of gravity, proportional to their mass, which Earth's mass exerts on them. Gravity is measured by the acceleration that it gives to freely falling objects.