strictness
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Strictness is the quality of being strict—demanding exact adherence to rules, standards, or expectations.
It can describe a person's manner of enforcement the strictness of the headmaster, the rigidity of requirements the strictness of the dress code, or the severity of interpretation constitutional strictness.
Strictness implies little tolerance for deviation or leniency.
Economical resource management
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- simplicityLack of complexity
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
self-denial · sobriety · monasticism · stoicism · puritanism · spartan · chastity · minimalism
Unsparing quality or manner
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
intolerance · authoritarian · draconian · punitiveness · relentlessness · mercilessness · unforgiving · hard-line
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- scrupulousnessCareful moral precision
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
correctness · punctiliousness · rigor · specificity · detail · carefulness · conscientiousness · fidelity
Principles governing behavior
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- conformityAdherence to norms
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
order · regulation · standards · expectations · consistency · regimentation · routine · drilling
Quality of being unbending
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
adamancy · obduracy · stubbornness · intransigence · dogmatism · orthodoxy · immovability · fixedness
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
monitoring · restraint · containment · limitation · constraint · tightness · policing · surveillance
frugality
Economical resource management
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- simplicityLack of complexity
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
temperance · self-denial · sobriety · monasticism · stoicism · puritanism · spartan · chastity · minimalism · restraint
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
inflexibility · intolerance · authoritarian · draconian · punitiveness · relentlessness · mercilessness · unforgiving · hard-line · zero-tolerance
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- scrupulousnessCareful moral precision
thoroughness · correctness · punctiliousness · rigor · specificity · detail · carefulness · conscientiousness · fidelity · nicety
rules
Principles governing behavior
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- conformityAdherence to norms
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
enforcement · order · regulation · standards · expectations · consistency · regimentation · routine · drilling · correction
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- unbendingRefusing to change position
unyielding · adamancy · obduracy · stubbornness · intransigence · dogmatism · orthodoxy · immovability · fixedness · unchanging
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
enforcement · monitoring · restraint · containment · limitation · constraint · tightness · policing · surveillance · scrutiny
- Puritanismpuritanism, moral purity, prudery, prudishness, moral rigidity
- Precision Wordsexact, precision, accuracy, precise, accurate
- harshnessseverity, roughness, sternness, sharpness, hardness
- rigorprecision, exactness, thoroughness, severity, meticulousness
- sternnessrigor, severity, harshness, firmness, grimness
- parentinggentle parenting, child, mom, children, kids
strictnessleniency
Mildness in punishment
lenience · laxness · permissiveness · indulgence · tolerance
strictnessgentleness
Soft, kind demeanor
kindness · mildness · tenderness · softness · warmth
strictnesslooseness
State of not tight
imprecision · flexibility · inexactness · inaccuracy · laxness
strict, district, restrict, restricted, restriction, strictly, unrestricted, stringent, constrict