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exactingness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of exactingness

the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)

since I was a guest in their home, I was not about to critique the dinner with the exactingness of a professional restaurant reviewer

Synonyms of exactingness

hardness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency

Words Related to exactingness

callousness, hard-heartedness, implacability, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessness

dourness, gruffness

asceticism, austereness, austerity, monasticism

determination, firmness, resolve, steadfastness

obstinacy, stubbornness

Near Antonyms of exactingness

forbearance, indulgence, kindness, lenience, patience, softness, tenderness, tolerance

responsiveness, willingness

compliance, pliability, pliancy

Antonyms of exactingness

flexibility, gentleness, laxness, mildness

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