stringency
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.strin·gen·cy
noun \ˈstrin-jən(t)-sē\ plural strin·gen·cies
Definition of STRINGENCY
: the quality or state of being stringent
Examples of STRINGENCY
- <some people objected to the stringency of the new regulations regarding the alteration of building exteriors in the historic district>
First Known Use of STRINGENCY
1844
Related to STRINGENCY
- Synonyms
- exactingness, hardness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, sternness, strictness, severity
- Antonyms
- flexibility, gentleness, laxness, mildness
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