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• (a.) Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
[Adjective] Severe( rules), making difficult demands (measures).
Strin'gent (strĭn'j e nt) adjective [ Latin stringens , -entis , present participle of stringere to draw or bind tight. See Strain .] Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. « They must be sub...
rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws. · compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity. · convincing or forcible: stringent arguments. · (of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.
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