Both Uses of
stringent
in
Jane Eyre
- Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour; stringent are they; inviolate they shall be.†
Chpt 27
- I should suffer often, no doubt, attached to him only in this capacity: my body would be under rather a stringent yoke, but my heart and mind would be free.†
Chpt 34 *
Definition:
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(stringent) demanding strict attention to detailed rules and procedures