Strict vs Unmitigated - What's the difference?
strict | unmitigated | Related terms |
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
Not mitigated.
* 1919 ,
*:"You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"
*:"Not a damn."
*:I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.
*:"You are a most unmitigated cad."
*:"Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."
Strict is a related term of unmitigated.
As adjectives the difference between strict and unmitigated
is that strict is strained; drawn close; tight while unmitigated is not mitigated.strict
English
Adjective
(er)- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
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- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense
