Associations to the word «Stringency»

Wiktionary

STRINGENCY, noun. A rigorous imposition of standards
STRINGENCY, noun. A tightness or constriction
STRINGENCY, noun. A scarcity of money or credit

Dictionary definition

STRINGENCY, noun. A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit.
STRINGENCY, noun. Conscientious attention to rules and details.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope