"It has really emerged that what is important in fighting crime is the quality of enforcement and cooperation between the community and the police, rather than the strictness of the penalty," noted Saludo.
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Strictness
Synonyms for "strictness" (156 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Noun(2 words)
absolutenessaccommodationaccordaccordanceaccuracyacquiescenceadaptationadaptionadjustmentagreementastringencyattention to detailattention to factausteritybibliolatrybigotrycare for truthcensoriousnesschoosinesscircumstantiality
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closenesscomplianceconfinementconformanceconformationconformation other-directionconformitycongruityconscientiousnessconsistency
Strong matches (46)
Verb(1 words)
enforce civil order guidelines
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
high degree of forcefulness
Related words (78)
Noun(9 words)
limitationlineliteralismliteralityliteralnessmalleabilitymathematical precisionmeticulousnessminutenessnarrow gaugenarrownessnearnessnicenessnicetyobedienceobservanceorthodoxyparticularityparticularnessperfection
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perfectionismpliancyprecisenessprecisianismprecisionpriggishnessprudishnesspunctiliopunctiliousnesspunctualitypurismpuritanicalnesspuritanismreconcilementreconciliationrefinementregimentationrestrictednessrestrictionrightrightnessrigidityrigidnessrigorrigorousnesssabbatarianismsabbatismscripturalismscrupulosityscrupulousnessselectivenessselectivitysensitivityseverityslendernessstaunchnessstiff-neckednessstraitlacednessstraitnessstrict interpretationsubtletytastetextualismthe lettertight squeezetightnesstoughnesstraditionalismuniformity
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6 entriesCollocations
6 entriesacademic strictnessbureaucratic strictnessinstitutional strictnesslevel of strictnessmoral strictnesspolicy strictness
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The rajah ruled his land with strictness but also wisdom.
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Discipline calls for a certain strictness.
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I lost all restraint, and yielding to the force of the emotion, gave down, as mere woman, those effusions of pleasure, which, in the strictness of still faithful love, I could have wished to have held up.
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