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English Dictionary: stringent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stringent adj demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures" Synonym(s): rigorous, stringent, tight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[icr]n"j[eit]nt), 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"gently}, adv. -- {Strin"gentness}, n.