stringent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.

   They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.

2. 2
   adj

   demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).