Stringency Synonyms

strinjənsē
The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. strictness
  2. austerity
  3. hardness
  4. harshness
  5. rigidity
  6. rigor
  7. rigorousness
  8. severity
  9. sternness
  10. toughness
A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tightness

Stringency Sentence Examples

  • Neither Louis Bonaparte nor German douaniers could be trusted to carry out in all their stringency the decrees for the entire exclusion of British commerce from those important regions.

  • The stringency of the money market and the crisis had their commencement as early as the spring of 1912.

  • In some states economic considerations have carried the day; in others the stringency of labour laws under the pressure of labour associations has paralysed all prison industry.

  • The bill certainly did not err on the side of severity, but disfranchisement for their supporters in large numbers was more distasteful to the Bond extremists than any stringency towards individuals.

  • Such opinions, it would seem, might be taken into account as showing the extent of liberty which had been in practice, claimed and exercised on the interpretation of the articles, but would certainly not be allowed to increase their stringency.

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