Stringency and Restraint

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

• The act of controlling by restraining someone or something.
  • usage: "the unlawful restraint of trade"
• Discipline in personal and social activities.
  • usage: "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
  • synonyms: control
• The state of being physically constrained.
  • usage: "dogs should be kept under restraint"
  • synonyms: constraint
• A rule or condition that limits freedom.
  • usage: "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports"
• Lack of ornamentation.
  • usage: "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
  • synonyms: chasteness, simplicity, simpleness
• A device that retards something's motion.
  • usage: "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
  • synonyms: constraint

• (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition or the like; limitation; restriction.
• (n.) The state of being restrained.
• (n.) The act or process of restraining or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will or of any action, physical or mental.

(DoD) In the context of joint operation planning, a requirement placed on the command by a higher command that prohibits an action, thus restricting freedom of action. See also constraint; operational limitation.