STRICT definition: characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles. See examples of strict used in a sentence.

STRICT meaning: 1. strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone…. Learn more.

characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals. stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules, requirements, obligations, etc.: strict laws; …

If you talk about the strict meaning of something, you mean the precise meaning of it. It's not quite peace in the strictest sense of the word, rather the absence of war.

1. closely conforming to requirements or principles: a strict observance of rituals. 2. stringent; exacting: strict laws; a strict judge. 3. rigorously enforced: strict silence. 4. exact; precise: in …

The meaning of STRICT is stringent in requirement or control. How to use strict in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Strict.

STRICT meaning: 1 : used to describe a command, rule, etc., that must be obeyed; 2 : demanding that people obey rules or behave in a certain way