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The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior

When it came to Latin America's economic travails, Bush adhered to the principle of tough love: no more bailouts.

Tough love is the practice of being very strict with a relative or friend who has an addiction or other problem in order to help them overcome the problem. the activities of black communities in identifying their own law-breaking youths and then administering tough love. The use of strict disciplinary measures and limitations on freedoms or privileges, as by a parent or guardian, as a means of fostering responsibility and expressing care or concern