Stringency and Gravity

noun

• A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
  • synonyms: tightness
• Conscientious attention to rules and details.
  • synonyms: strictness

noun

• Physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface. ( "the more remote the body the less the gravity"; "the gravitation between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them"; "gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love-Albert Einstein
  • synonyms: gravitation, gravitational attraction, gravitational force
• A manner that is serious and solemn.
  • synonyms: graveness, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness
• A solemn and dignified feeling.
  • synonyms: solemnity

• (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor.
• (a.) The state of having weight; beaviness; as, the gravity of lead.
• (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.
• (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; especially, the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation.
• (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc; hence, seriousness; enormity; as, the gravity of an offense.