strictness — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The state or quality of being strict.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Discipline calls for a certain strictness.

   More examples (1)

   I lost all restraint, and yielding to the force of the emotion, gave down, as mere woman, those effusions of pleasure, which, in the strictness of still faithful love, I could have wished to have held up.

2. The result or product of being strict.

   Usage

   • Countable

Noun

1. conscientious attention to rules and details

   Synonyms

   stringency

   Broader terms

   conscientiousnesspainstakingness

2. uncompromising resolution

   Synonyms

   sternness

   Broader terms

   unpermissivenessrestrictiveness