different between obligatory vs stringent

English

Etymology

From Middle English obligatorie, from Latin obligat?rius.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??bl???t??i/, /??bl???t??i/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bl???t(?)?i/

Adjective

obligatory (comparative more obligatory, superlative most obligatory)

1. Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.
   • 1673, Richard Baxter, Christian Directory

     […] if he speak the words of an oath in a strange language, thinking they signify something else, or if he spake in his sleep, or deliration, or distraction, it is no oath, and so not obligatory.
2. Requiring a matter or obligation.

Synonyms

• bounden
• mandatory

Antonyms

• optional

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Translations

Further reading

• obligatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Middle English

Adjective

obligatory

1. Alternative form of obligatorie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem, from string?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??nd??nt/

Adjective

stringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)

1. Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe

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Translations

Anagrams

• string-net

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin string?ns, stringentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??????nt/, /st??????nt/

Adjective

stringent (comparative stringenter, superlative am stringentesten)

1. stringent
2. coherent (of an argument)

   Synonyms: einleuchtend, schlüssig, überzeugend

Further reading

• “stringent” in Duden online
• “stringent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

stringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of string?