'Stringency' definitions:

Definition of 'stringency'

(from WordNet)
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]

Definition of 'Stringency'

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