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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.
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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.

They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay. -- Strin"gent*ly, adv. -- Strin"gent*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : stringent
Spanish: riguroso, severo,
German: streng,
Japanese: 厳重な
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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