ˈstrinjənsē, -si noun
( -es )
: the quality or state of being stringent: as
a. : rigor , severity , strictness
the best parlor and the awful moral strigencies — G.W.Brace
b. : a pressing want or scarcity : tightness of money or credit
financial stringency threatened to complete the ruin — American Guide Series: Massachusetts
c. : cogency or convincing force of reasoning or argument
theoretical stringency