stringency

[ strin-juh n-see ]

/ ˈstrɪn dʒən si /

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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.

RELATED WORDS

harshness, strictness, toughness, sternness, sharpness, cruelty, acerbity, rigor, austerity, grimness, hardness, rigidity, unkindness

Nearby words

string variable, stringboard, stringcourse, stringed, stringed instrument, stringency, stringendo, stringent, stringer, stringer bead, stringhalt

Origin of stringency

First recorded in 1835–45; string(ent) + -ency

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Examples 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 Wright
Not that stringencies upon the Press please me—no, nor arrests and imprisonments.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II|Elizabeth Barrett Browning