Stringent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[i^]n"jent), a. [L. stringens,
     -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See
     {Strain}.]
     Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive;
     rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a
           more stringent code of procedure.        --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Strin"gent*ly}, adv. -- {Strin"gent*ness},
     n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stringent
       adj : demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
             "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent
             safety measures" [syn: {rigorous}, {tight}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "stringent":
     Spartan, Spartanic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious,
     astringent, austere, authoritarian, binding, biting, bitter, bleak,
     caustic, confining, cutting, demanding, double-edged, dour,
     draconian, drawing, edged, escharotic, exacting, exigent, fierce,
     grim, hard, harsh, incisive, inclement, ironhanded, keen,
     meticulous, mordacious, mordant, penetrating, piercing, poignant,
     rigorist, rigorous, rough, rugged, scathing, severe, sharp,
     stabbing, stern, stinging, strict, strident, tart, tough,
     trenchant, ungentle, unsparing, vehement, violent, virulent,
     vitriolic