stringent
I
adjective
authoritative, binding, compelling, compulsory, despotic, dictatorial, draconian, exact, exacting, exigent, forceful, hard, harsh, inescapable, inflexible, ironhanded, precise, puritanical, rigid, rigorous, rough, stern, stiff, strait-laced, strict, tyrannical, uncompromising, unyielding
II
index
astringent, close (rigorous), compulsory, draconian, harsh, inflexible, ironclad, particular (exacting), relentless, rigid, severe, strict, uncompromising
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006