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stringency

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strin·gent  (strnjnt)
adj.
1. Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures.
2. Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit.
3. Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: stringent economic policies.

[Latin stringns, stringent-, present participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]

stringen·cy n.
stringent·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stringency - a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
deficiency, lack, want - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
2.stringency - conscientious attention to rules and details
painstakingness, conscientiousness - the trait of being painstaking and careful
Translations
stringency [ˈstrɪndʒənsɪ] N
1. [of regulations, controls, standards] → rigor m, severidad f
2. (Fin) → tirantez f, dificultad f
economic stringencysituación f económica apurada, estrechez f
stringency
n (of standards, law, reforms, discipline)Strenge f; (of rules, testing, training etc also)Härte f; (of measures)Härte f, → Schärfe f; economic stringencystrenge Sparmaßnahmen pl
stringency [ˈstrɪndʒnsɪ] nrigore m


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At first it had seemed that he wished to keep even her aloof from any close knowledge of what he was doing; but gradually the terrible stringency of human need--the prospect of a too speedy death--
 
 
 
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