Synonyms: strictness, stringency
Definition: conscientious attention to rules and details
Similar words: painstakingness, conscientiousness
Definition: the trait of being painstaking and careful
Synonyms: stringency, tightness
Definition: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit
Similar words: deficiency, lack, want
Definition: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Usage: there is a serious lack of insight into the problem; water is the critical deficiency in desert regions; for want of a nail the shoe was lost