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strict

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  1. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  2. Tense; not relaxed.
  3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
  4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  5. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  6. Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  7. Severe in discipline.
  8. Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

Opposite of
lenient, lax, permissive
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɹɪkt/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.

Related words
rigorous strictly restrictive guidelines standards adherence enforced

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