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Thesaurus: stringent

Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.

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  1. a. Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
  2. adj. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures
  3. Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. Macaulay. -- Strin"gent*ly, adv. -- Strin"gent*ness, n.
  4. Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive;rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringentcode of procedure. Macaulay.-- Strin"gent*ly, adv.-- Strin"gent*ness, n.
  5. j:100 s demanding strict attention to rules and procedures