[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

stringent \strin"gent\ stri^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.
   1913 webster

         they must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a
         more stringent code of procedure.        --macaulay.
   1913 webster -- strin"gently, adv. -- strin"gentness,
   n.
   1913 webster
see also:
strain strin"gently strin"gentness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

stringent
     adj : demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
           "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent
           safety measures" syn: rigorous, tight
see also:
rigorous tight 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "stringent":
   spartan, spartanic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious,
   astringent, austere, authoritarian, binding, biting, bitter, bleak,
   caustic, confining, cutting, demanding, double-edged, dour,
   draconian, drawing, edged, escharotic, exacting, exigent, fierce,
   grim, hard, harsh, incisive, inclement, ironhanded, keen,
   meticulous, mordacious, mordant, penetrating, piercing, poignant,
   rigorist, rigorous, rough, rugged, scathing, severe, sharp,
   stabbing, stern, stinging, strict, strident, tart, tough,
   trenchant, ungentle, unsparing, vehement, violent, virulent,
   vitriolic

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