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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit;
[syn: stringency, tightness]

2. conscientious attention to rules and details;
[syn: strictness, stringency]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stringency \Strin"gen*cy\ (str[i^]n"jen*s[y^]), n.
   The quality or state of being stringent.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stringency
    n 1: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of
         credit [syn: stringency, tightness]
    2: conscientious attention to rules and details [syn:
       strictness, stringency]