noun
- The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing: austerity, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, stringency, toughness. See easy/hard.
strictness
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
conscientious attention to rules and details
Synonym: stringency
Meaning #2:
uncompromising resolution
Synonym: sternness
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