Definitions for stringent

stringent strin·gent

Spelling: [strin-juh nt]
IPA: /ˈstrɪn dʒənt/

Stringent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 312 anagrams from letters in stringent (eginnrstt).

Definitions for stringent

adjective

  1. rigorously binding or exacting; strict; severe:
  2. compelling, constraining, or urgent:
  3. convincing or forcible:
  4. (of the money market) characterized by a shortage in money for loan or investment purposes; tight.

Origin of stringent

1595-1605; Latin stringent- (stem of stringēns), present participle of stringere to draw tight; see -ent

Examples for stringent

And is politics really cleaner when stringent restrictions are put into place?

Expressing outrage, the lawmakers called for stringent punishment.

They must do this without partisan bias, but with a stringent sense of enforcing and further defining the law.

The army was to be reinforced and a stringent conscription was talked of.

Yet we do have stringent regulations regarding adoption in this country.

The time has not yet come for stringent orders in these cases.

The stringent protectionists and the free-traders strike hands.

Lastly, we have here a piece of stringent practical direction.

These stringent measures were not, however, put into effect at once.

Armstrong and others have made the point that pro cycling has the most stringent drug testing of any professional sport.

Word Value for stringent
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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