- (n.) Strictness in ethical principles; -- usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism.
- (n.) Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.
- (n.) Severity, as of style or the like.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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