strict
/strɪkt/ adjectiveDefinition
PERSON › A strict person makes sure that children or people working for them behave well and does not allow them to break any rules: a strict teacher My parents were very strict with us.
RULE › If a rule, law, etc is strict, it must be obeyed: She gave me strict instructions to be there by ten.
BEHAVIOUR [always before noun] › always behaving in a particular way because of your beliefs: a strict Muslim
EXACT › exactly correct: a strict translation of a text
(Definition of strict adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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