strictnessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈstrɪkt.nəs/us/ˈstrɪkt.nəs/the ability of something to limit someone's freedom very much:
the increased strictness of the immigration rules
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Severe
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- austere
- authoritarian
- be heavy on sb idiom
- disciplinarian
- flinty
- hard
- heavy
- iron
- pitiless
- rigour
- roundly
- rule sth with an iron hand/fist idiom
- severe
- sharp
- stern
- stiffly
- strict
- strictly
- take a hard line on sb/sth idiom
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