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stringent - 4 dictionary results
strin⋅gent
[strin-juh
nt]
–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. |
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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.
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Language Translation for : stringent
Spanish:
riguroso, severo,
German:
streng,
Japanese:
厳重な
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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