Definition: stringent

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

stringent
     adj : demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
           "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent
           safety measures" [syn: rigorous, tight]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Stringent \Strin"gent\ (str[i^]n"jent), a. [L. stringens,
   -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See
   Strain.]
   Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive;
   rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.

         They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a
         more stringent code of procedure.        --Macaulay.
   -- Strin"gent*ly, adv. -- Strin"gent*ness, n.