strictness (noun)

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• strictness — strict ► ADJECTIVE 1) demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed. 2) (of a rule) demanding total compliance; rigidly enforced. 3) following rules or beliefs exactly. 4) not allowing deviation or relaxation. DERIVATIVES strictly adverb… …   English terms dictionary

• strictness — noun a) The state or quality of being strict. Discipline calls for a certain strictness. b) The result or product of being strict …   Wiktionary

• strictness — noun see strict …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• strictness — noun 1. conscientious attention to rules and details • Syn: ↑stringency • Derivationally related forms: ↑stringent (for: ↑stringency), ↑strict • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• strictness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing: austerity, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, stringency, toughness. See EASY …   English dictionary for students

• restrictiveness — noun 1. a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific ( red hat has a more specific meaning than hat ) • Hypernyms: ↑modification, ↑qualifying, ↑limiting 2. a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine… …   Useful english dictionary

• stricken — adjective formal very badly affected by trouble, illness, unhappiness etc: Supplies of medicine were rushed to the stricken city. (+ by/with): stricken with a fatal disease | poverty stricken (=very poor): poverty stricken areas riddled with… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• strict — adjective Etymology: Middle English stricte, from Latin strictus, from past participle of stringere to bind tight more at strain Date: 15th century 1. archaic a. tight, close; also intimate b. narrow 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• strict — adjective 1》 demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed.     ↘(of a rule) demanding total compliance; rigidly enforced. 2》 following rules or beliefs exactly. 3》 not allowing deviation or relaxation. Derivatives strictness noun Origin… …   English new terms dictionary

• strict */*/ — UK [strɪkt] / US adjective Word forms strict : adjective strict comparative stricter superlative strictest 1) someone who is strict has definite rules that they expect people to obey completely He s quite a strict trainer, but we all like him.… …   English dictionary

• strict — /strɪkt / (say strikt) adjective 1. characterised by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: strict observance. 2. stringent or exacting in requirements, obligations, etc.: strict laws; a strict judge. 3. closely or… …