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strictness

DEFINITIONS OF: strictness

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n conscientious attention to rules and details

Synonyms:
stringency
Type of:
conscientiousness, painstakingness
the trait of being painstaking and careful

n uncompromising resolution

Synonyms:
sternness
Types:
Puritanism
strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness
excessive sternness
Type of:
restrictiveness, unpermissiveness
a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
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