Definition of: strict

(strikt) adjective
1. Observing or enforcing rules exactly; also, containing exact or severe rules or provisions; exacting.
2. Strenuously enjoined and maintained; rigidly observed.
3. Exactly defined, distinguished, or applied; not indefinite or loose.
4. Stretched tight; not lax; tense.
5. Close, narrow, and upright; straight: said of the panicles of certain plants. See synonyms under AUSTERE, PRECISE. [<L strictus. pp. of stringere draw tight. Doublet of STRAIT.]
—strict′ly adverb
—strict′ness noun