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Definition of: stringent
(strin′jənt) adjective
1. Keeping one closely to strict requirements; rigid; severe, as regulations.
2. Hampered by obstructing conditions or scarcity of money; close or tight: The money market is very stringent.
3. Convincing; forcible. [<L stringens, -entis, ppr. of stringere draw tight]
—strin′gen·cy, strin′gent·ness noun
—strin′gent·ly adverb
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