'Stringency' definitions:

Definition of 'stringency'

noun

A state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit [syn: stringency, tightness]

noun

Conscientious attention to rules and details [syn: strictness, stringency]

From: GCIDE

Stringency \Strin"gen*cy\ (str[i^]n"jen*s[y^]), n. The quality or state of being stringent. [1913 Webster]