stringency

Other forms: stringencies

Definitions of stringency
  1. noun
    conscientious attention to rules and details
    synonyms: strictness
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    type of:
    conscientiousness, painstakingness
    the trait of being painstaking and careful
  2. noun
    a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
    synonyms: tightness
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    type of:
    deficiency, lack, want
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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