English to English

noun (n)

• a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  tightness
  

  source: wordnet30
• conscientious attention to rules and details(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  strictness
  

  source: wordnet30
• The quality or state of being stringent.(noun)

  source: webster1913