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strictness

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strict  (strkt)
adj. strict·er, strict·est
1. Precise; exact: a strict definition.
2. Complete; absolute: strict loyalty.
3. Kept within narrowly specific limits: a strict application of a law.
4. Rigorous in the imposition of discipline: a strict parent.
5. Exacting in enforcement, observance, or requirement: strict standards. See Synonyms at severe.
6. Conforming completely to established rule, principle, or condition: a strict vegetarian.
7. Botany Stiff, narrow, and upright.

[Middle English stricte, narrow, small, from Latin strictus, tight, strict, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]

strictly adv.
strictness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.strictness - conscientious attention to rules and details
painstakingness, conscientiousness - the trait of being painstaking and careful
2.strictness - uncompromising resolution
unpermissiveness, restrictiveness - a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Puritanism - strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
inclemency, rigourousness, rigorousness, rigour, rigor, harshness, severeness, severity, stiffness, hardness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
Translations
strictness [ˈstrɪktnɪs] N
1. (= severity) [of person] → severidad f; [of discipline] → lo estricto, severidad f
2. (= stringency) [of rules, control, security] → lo riguroso
strictness [ˈstrɪktnɪs] nsévérité f
strictness
n
Strenge f; (of order, discipline)Striktheit f, → Strenge f
(= preciseness)Genauigkeit f
strictness [ˈstrɪktnɪs] n (of person) → severità
strictness [ˈstrɪktnɪs] n (of person) → severità


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They attend with Phari- saical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith.
Yet thus much I may be allowed to say in my own vindication, that I artfully eluded many of his questions, and gave to every point a more favourable turn, by many degrees, than the strictness of truth would allow.
He carried the strictness of this order so far as to detain in England the ambassadors of Denmark, who had taken their leave, and the regular ambassador of Holland, who was to take back to the port of Flushing the Indian merchantmen of which Charles I had made restitution to the United Provinces.
 
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