Stringency and Obduracy

noun

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

(n.) The quality or state of being stringent.

noun

• Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible.
  • synonyms: adamance, unyieldingness

(n.) The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy.