Related Words for stringent

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tight
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Adjective, Adjective
rigorous
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Adjective, Adjective
demanding
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Adjective, Adjective, Verb
strict
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Adjective
draconian
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Adjective
stringency
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Noun
exacting
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Adjective
restrictive
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Adjective
rigid
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Adjective
lenient
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Adjective
onerous
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Adjective
regulations
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Noun
standards
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Noun
scrupulous
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Adjective
guidelines
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Noun
mandated
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Verb
harsh
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Adjective
restrictions
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Noun
adherence
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Noun
criteria
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Noun
strictures
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Noun
requirement
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Noun
robust
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Adjective
mandatory
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Adjective
stipulations
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Noun
regulatory
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Adjective
meticulous
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Adjective
severe
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Adjective
compliant
x/x
Adjective
rules
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Noun
vigorous
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Adjective
censorious
/x/x
Adjective
burdensome
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Adjective
thorough
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Adjective
proper
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Adjective
austere
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Adjective
strenuous
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Adjective
unbending
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Adjective
extensive
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Adjective
intense
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Adjective
enforcement
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Noun
scrutiny
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Noun
strident
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Adjective
imposing
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Verb
flouting
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Noun
selective
x/x
Adjective
merciless
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Adjective
compliance
x/x
Noun
precise
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Adjective
inflexible
x/xx
Adjective
tougher
/x
Adjective
explicit
x/x
Adjective
requisite
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Adjective
careful
/x
Adjective
overly
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Adverb
uncompromising
x/xxx
Adjective
ultra
/x
Noun
vehement
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Adjective
punctilious
x/xx
Adjective
extreme
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Adjective
adhering
x/x
Verb
excruciatingly
x/xxxx
Adverb
consistent
x/x
Adjective
unyielding
x/x
Adjective
exhaustive
x/x
Adjective
thoroughgoing
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Adjective
standardized
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Adjective
customary
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Adjective
subjected
x/x
Verb
specific
x/x
Adjective
diligent
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Adjective
toughened
/x
Verb
instituting
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Verb
parsimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
certain
/x
Adjective
notoriously
x/xxx
Adverb
vociferous
x/xx
Adjective
comprehensive
xx/x
Adjective
dictatorial
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Adjective
lengthy
/x
Adjective
aggressive
x/x
Adjective
ruthless
/x
Adjective
laws
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Noun
rigour
//
Noun
repressive
x/x
Adjective
exigent
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Adjective
imposition
xx/x
Noun
regimented
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Adjective
minimal
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Adjective
sensible
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Adjective
punitive
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Adjective
frequent
/x
Adjective
sensitive
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Adjective
borderline
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Noun
extraordinarily
xxx/xx
Adverb
precautionary
x/xxx
Adjective
fierce
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Adjective
fervent
/x
Adjective
permissive
x/x
Adjective
arbitrary
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Adjective
narrow
/x
Adjective
confining
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Verb
weighty
/x
Adjective
puritanical
xx/xx
Adjective
circumscribed
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Adjective
astringent
x/x
Adjective
close
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Adjective
starch
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Noun
searching
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Noun
picky
/x
Adjective
ascetic
x/x
Noun
drastic
/x
Adjective
nice
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Adjective
shrewd
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Adjective
earnest
/x
Noun
knotty
/x
Adjective
solemn
/x
Adjective
dour
/x
Noun
ceremonious
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Adjective
rugged
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Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective
ironclad
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Noun
stark
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Name
hardcover
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Noun
sharp
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Adjective
strong
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Adjective
grim
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Adjective
strapping
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Noun
authoritarian
xxx/xx
Adjective
finicky
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Adjective
taut
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Adjective
curbs
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Noun
dieting
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Noun
rationing
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Noun
controls
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Noun
conditionality
xxx/xx
Noun
deadlines
/x
Noun
safeguards
/x
Noun
censorship
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Noun
washes
/x
Noun
quarantine
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Noun
specifications
xxx/x
Noun
prohibitions
xx/x
Noun
penalties
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Noun
tolerances
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Noun
taboos
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Noun
quotas
/x
Noun
absolute
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Adjective, Noun
accurate
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Adjective
applicable
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Adjective
bare
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
binding
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Noun, Adjective
cautious
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Adjective
challenging
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Adjective, Noun
coercive
x/x
Adjective
constraining
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Noun
crippling
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Adjective, Noun
critical
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Adjective, Noun
cumbersome
/xx
Adjective
discerning
x/x
Adjective, Noun
disciplined
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Adjective
disclosure
x/x
Noun
faithful
/x
Adjective, Noun
firm
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
forceful
/x
Adjective
hard
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
harmonised
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Adjective
heavy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
high
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
incisive
x/x
Adjective
intrusive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
legislated
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Adjective
loose
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
methodical
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Adjective
nondiscrimination
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Noun
nondiscriminatory
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Adjective
prescriptive
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Adjective
prudent
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Adjective
range
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Noun, Verb
relaxed
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Adjective
resolute
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Adjective, Noun
serious
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Adjective, Adverb
solid
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
sound
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
statutory
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Adjective
stern
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
unenforceable
xx/xx
Adjective
yan
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Name
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
anymore
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Adverb