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Meaning of 'rigor' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rigor [ n.]
- Rigidity; stiffness.
- A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.
- The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
- See 1st Rigor, 2.
- Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.
- Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
- Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.
- Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.
- Violence; force; fury.

Meaning of 'rigor' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rigor [ n]
Meaning (1):
- excessive sternness
Example in sentence:
  • severity of character;
  • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman;
  • the rigors of boot camp
Meaning (2):
- something hard to endure
Example in sentence:
  • the asperity of northern winters

Nearby Words:

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