strictnesses
Qualities of severity
Strictnesses is the plural of strictness, referring to multiple instances or types of rigorous adherence to rules, standards, or discipline.
The word appears in contexts comparing different degrees or kinds of severity: The varying strictnesses of dress codes across schools caused confusion for transfer students.
While strictness itself is often treated as uncountable, the plural form allows discussion of distinct applications or manifestations of strict behavior or policy.
Strict, thorough precision
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
obedience · control · supervision · correction · structure · conduct · training · regimen
State of being unbending
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- implacabilityInability to be appeased
hardness · firmness · intransigence · obstinacy · resoluteness · uncompromising · sternness · severity
Perfect correctness in detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- scrupulousnessCareful moral precision
punctiliousness · rigorousness · detail · specificity · correctness · fidelity · thoroughness · carefulness
rigor
Strict, thorough precision
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
order · obedience · control · supervision · correction · structure · conduct · training · regimen · self-control
rigidity
State of being unbending
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
implacability · hardness · firmness · intransigence · obstinacy · resoluteness · uncompromising · sternness · severity · zero-tolerance
exactitude
Perfect correctness in detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
scrupulousness · punctiliousness · rigorousness · detail · specificity · correctness · fidelity · thoroughness · carefulness · particularity
strictnessesleniencies
Plural of merciful treatment
indulgences · looseness · flexibilities · softness · gentleness
strictnessestolerances
Allowable limits of variation
forgiveness · permissiveness · clemencies · mercies · leniency
strictnessesleniencies
Plural of merciful treatment
indulgences · tolerances · flexibilities · looseness · mercifulness