Synonyms of stringency

stringency

noun

ˈstrin-jən(t)-sē 

as in severity

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

some people objected to the stringency of the new regulations regarding the alteration of building exteriors in the historic district

Synonyms & Similar Words

• severity
• strictness
• rigidity
• sternness
• inflexibility
• hardness
• rigidness
• rigor
• harshness
• rigorousness
• exactingness
• implacability
• obduracy
• callousness
• gruffness
• resolve
• pitilessness
• determination
• hard-heartedness
• asceticism
• dourness
• monasticism
• firmness
• steadfastness
• obstinacy
• stubbornness
• austerity
• obdurateness
• austereness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flexibility
• tolerance
• gentleness
• patience
• tenderness
• softness
• indulgence
• laxness
• forbearance
• mildness
• kindness
• willingness
• compliance
• responsiveness
• lenience
• pliability
• pliancy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stringency

This can be done without financial stringencies by redirecting a fraction of the trillions of dollars spent on the military-industrial-security state. —Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2024

Given the other stringencies of coverture, life as a single woman and a single mother likely proved a greater trial for many. —TIME, 22 Apr. 2024

The unprecedented stringency of the EU and U.S. economic sanctions on Russia is emblematic of this newfound Western unity. —Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2022

Some express bafflement over the stringency of the requirements. —IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2012