stringency
[ strin-juh n-see ]
/ ˈstrɪn dʒən si /
noun, plural strin·gen·cies.
stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
strictness; closeness; rigor: the stringency of school discipline.
tightness; straitness: stringency in the money market.
QUIZZES
DO YOU KNOW THIS VOCABULARY FROM "THE HANDMAID'S TALE"?
"The Handmaid's Tale" was required reading for many of us in school. Everyone else has probably watched the very popular and addictive TV show. Do you remember this vocabulary from the book, and do you know what these terms mean?
Question 1 of 10
decorum
Origin of stringency
First recorded in 1835–45; string(ent) + -ency
Words nearby stringency
string variable, stringboard, stringcourse, stringed, stringed instrument, stringency, stringendo, stringent, stringer, stringer bead, stringhalt
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for stringencies
But I am wandering from the point, just as I yearn to wander from all the stringencies of life this summer.
The Garden, You, and I|Mabel Osgood WrightNot that stringencies upon the Press please me—no, nor arrests and imprisonments.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II|Elizabeth Barrett Browning