Generate text that is semantically similar to this text: these adjectives describe the degree of strictness or tolerance of an agent , usually with regard to another person ( the controllee ) and often with regard to a particular issue. the strictness / lenience with respect to the issue may be manifested in ( expressed by ) an agent or by some medium ( e.g. , laws ) , or by some behavior of the agent , i.e. , the controlling _ act .
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment ;