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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; < Latin stringent- (stem of stringēns), present participle of stringere to draw tight; see -ent
1595–1605; < Latin stringent- (stem of stringēns), present participle of stringere to draw tight; see -ent
Related forms
strin·gent·ly, adverb
non·strin·gent, adjective
un·strin·gent, adjective
un·strin·gent·ly, adverb
Antonyms
1. flexible.
1. flexible.
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stringent
1605, "astringent," especially with reference to taste, from L. stringentem (nom. stringens), prp. of stringere "to compress, contract, bind or draw tight" (see strain). Of regulations, procedures, etc., 1846.
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