Definition: tightness

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

tightness
     n 1: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of
          credit [syn: stringency]
     2: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness,
         niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness,
         closeness]
     3: lack of movement or room for movement [syn: tautness]
        [ant: looseness]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Tightness \Tight"ness\, n.
   The quality or condition of being tight.