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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin