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stringent

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strin⋅gent

  [strin-juhnt]
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–adjective
1. rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe: stringent laws.
2. compelling, constraining, or urgent: stringent necessity.
3. convincing or forcible: stringent arguments.
4. (of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L stringent- (s. of stringēns), prp. of stringere to draw tight; see -ent

Related forms:
strin⋅gent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. restrictive. See strict. 3. forceful, powerful, effective.

Antonyms:
1. flexible.
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strin·gent   (strĭn'jənt)   
adj.  

  1. Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures.

  2. Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit.

  3. Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: stringent economic policies.


[Latin stringēns, stringent-, present participle of stringere, to draw tight; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]
strin'gen·cy n., strin'gent·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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