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 severity, hardness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness, sternness, strictness, stringencyWords Related to exactingness callousness, hard-heartedness, implacability, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessness; dourness, gruffness; asceticism, austereness, austerity, monasticism; determination, firmness, resolve, steadfastness; obstinacy, stubbornnessNear Antonyms of exactingness forbearance, indulgence, kindness, lenience, patience, softness, tenderness, tolerance; responsiveness, willingness; compliance, pliability, pliancyAntonyms of exactingness flexibility, gentleness, laxness, mildness