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tightness

 
WordNet: tightness
 
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
  Synonym: stringency

Meaning #2: extreme stinginess
  Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness, closeness

Meaning #3: lack of movement or room for movement
  Synonym: tautness
  Antonym: looseness (meaning #1)


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