Stringency Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Stringency crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on July 21 2023 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Stringency has a total of 5 letters.

RankAnswerCluePublisher
99%RIGORStringencyWall Street Journal

Definition

Rigidity; stiffness.
A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.
The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
See 1st Rigor, 2.
Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.
Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.
Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.
Violence; force; fury.

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  • Wall Street Journal: Jul 21, 2023

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