Stringency and Strict

noun

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

adjective

• Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard.
  • usage: "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
  • synonyms: rigorous
• Of rules. ( stringently enforced)
  • usage: "hard-and-fast rules"
  • synonyms: hard-and-fast
• Characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint.
  • synonyms: nonindulgent
• Incapable of compromise or flexibility.
  • synonyms: rigid
• Severe and unremitting in making demands.
  • usage: "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"
  • synonyms: stern, exacting

• (a.) Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense.
• (a.) Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
• (a.) Upright or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
• (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
• (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath.
• (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention.