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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[i^]n"jent), a. [L. stringens,
-entis, p. pr of stringere to draw or bind tight. See
{Strain}.]
Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive;
rigid; severe; as stringent rules
They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a
more stringent code of procedure. --Macaulay.
-- {Strin"gent*ly}, adv -- {Strin"gent*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stringent
adj : demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
"rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent
safety measures" [syn: {rigorous}, {tight}]
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