stringent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.

/ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/ en-us-stringent.ogg

stringent more stringent most stringent

Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).

lenient

nonstringent overstringent stringently stringentness understringent unstringent

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