| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | academic strictness | demanding scholarly standards |
| 2. | accuracy | freedom from mistakes |
| 3. | adherence | close faithful following |
| 4. | application | diligent effort |
| 5. | asceticism | strict self-denial |
| 6. | assiduousness | persistent careful effort |
| 7. | attentiveness | close careful attention |
| 8. | audit | formal careful review |
| 9. | austerity | severe plain strictness |
| 10. | care | serious attention |
| 11. | carefulness | close attentive accuracy |
| 12. | close control | tight supervision |
| 13. | close scrutiny | careful detailed examination |
| 14. | compliance | obedient conformity |
| 15. | conformity | agreement with rules |
| 16. | conscientiousness | careful responsible thoroughness |
| 17. | control | firm regulation or restraint |
| 18. | correctness | being factually right |
| 19. | corroboration | confirming support |
| 20. | decisiveness | firm clear determination |
| 21. | definiteness | clear exact quality |
| 22. | demandingness | quality of requiring much |
| 23. | demonstration | clear proof or showing |
| 24. | diligence | steady careful effort |
| 25. | disciplinarianism | strict enforcement of rules |
| 26. | disciplinary strictness | rule-enforcing severity |
| 27. | discipline | controlled strict order |
| 28. | dogmatism | rigid certainty in beliefs |
| 29. | drill | strict repetitive training |
| 30. | earnestness | serious sincere intent |
| 31. | enforcement | making rules obeyed |
| 32. | exactingness | requiring great care |
| 33. | exactitude | precise accuracy |
| 34. | exactness | precise correctness |
| 35. | faithfulness | reliable exact adherence |
| 36. | fastidiousness | very careful exactness |
| 37. | fidelity | faithful accuracy or loyalty |
| 38. | firmness | strong unyielding quality |
| 39. | forensic precision | extreme exactness |
| 40. | formalism | strict adherence to form |
| 41. | governance | ordered control or direction |
| 42. | gravity | serious weightiness |
| 43. | hard-nosedness | tough unsentimental strictness |
| 44. | hardness | severe demanding quality |
| 45. | harshness | severe strict quality |
| 46. | heed | careful attention |
| 47. | industry | hardworking diligence |
| 48. | inflexibility | unwillingness to bend |
| 49. | inspection | careful official examination |
| 50. | integrity | soundness and strict honesty |
| 51. | measuredness | controlled careful quality |
| 52. | methodicalness | orderly careful procedure |
| 53. | meticulousness | great attention to detail |
| 54. | monitoring | close ongoing observation |
| 55. | no-nonsense strictness | practical firm severity |
| 56. | observance | following rules or customs |
| 57. | orderliness | neat organized control |
| 58. | orthodoxy | strict accepted belief or practice |
| 59. | oversight | supervising control |
| 60. | particularity | close attention to specifics |
| 61. | perseverance | continued steady effort |
| 62. | precision | careful exactness |
| 63. | probity | strict honesty |
| 64. | proof | strict demonstration of truth |
| 65. | punctiliousness | strict attention to detail |
| 66. | purism | strict adherence to purity |
| 67. | puritanism | severe moral strictness |
| 68. | rectitude | moral strictness or uprightness |
| 69. | regimentation | strict organized control |
| 70. | regularity | steady orderly consistency |
| 71. | regulation | control by rules |
| 72. | resolve | firm decision |
| 73. | restraint | controlled limitation |
| 74. | restraintfulness | quality of holding back |
| 75. | rigidity | stiff strictness or inflexibility |
| 76. | robustness | strong reliable quality |
| 77. | rule-mindedness | focus on rules |
| 78. | scrupulousness | careful moral or factual exactness |
| 79. | severity | harsh strictness or sternness |
| 80. | sternness | serious strict manner |
| 81. | stiffness | rigid unbending quality |
| 82. | strict adherence | close faithful following |
| 83. | strict control | tight firm regulation |
| 84. | strict discipline | firmly enforced order |
| 85. | strict observance | careful rule following |
| 86. | strictness | firm exactness or severity |
| 87. | stringency | demanding strictness |
| 88. | tenacity | persistent firmness |
| 89. | testing | careful examination by trial |
| 90. | thoroughness | complete carefulness |
| 91. | tightness | strictly limited quality |
| 92. | toughness | demanding strict quality |
| 93. | unbendingness | refusal to yield |
| 94. | uprightness | moral correctness |
| 95. | validation | confirmation by careful checking |
| 96. | verification | proof of correctness |
| 97. | vetting | careful checking |
| 98. | vigilance | watchful carefulness |
| 99. | watchfulness | alert careful attention |
| 100. | workmanliness | solid practical thoroughness |