noun
1. conscientious attention to rules and details
• Syn: ↑stringency
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stringent (for: ↑stringency), ↑strict
• Hypernyms: ↑conscientiousness, ↑painstakingness
2. uncompromising resolution
• Syn: ↑sternness
• Hypernyms: ↑unpermissiveness, ↑restrictiveness
• Hyponyms:
↑Puritanism, ↑severity, ↑severeness, ↑harshness, ↑rigor, ↑rigour, ↑rigorousness, ↑rigourousness, ↑inclemency, ↑hardness, ↑stiffness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.