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STRINGENCY |
Strictness |
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STRICTURE |
Strictness. |
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AUSTERENESS |
Severity; strictness; austerity. |
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SEVERITY |
Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of
a test. |
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LEGALISM |
Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming
to law. |
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RIGORISM |
Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed
to laxity. |
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AUSTERITY |
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or
strictness; harsh discipline. |
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LAXITY |
The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness,
strictness, or exactness. |
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RELIGION |
Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as
if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. |
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ESSENE |
One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior,
remarkable for their strictness and abstinence. |
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RIGOR |
Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence;
strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to
enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity. |
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OBSERVANCE |
...
attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with
a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath
... |
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METHODIST |
...rles; -- originally so called from the methodical strictness
of members of the club in all religious duties. ... |