Definition of rigor

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Rigor (n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter..

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Inquisitorial :: Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power..
Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..
Rigidity :: Rigidity (n.) Severity; rigor.
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Violent.
Myosin :: Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma..
Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief..
Ague :: Ague (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague..
Austere :: Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Rigidity; stiffness.
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) 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 :: Severity (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test..
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency.
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion..
Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence..
Frigorific :: Frigorific (a.) Alt. of Frigorifica.
Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.
Straits :: Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.
Mitigation :: Mitigation (n.) The act of mitigating, or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty..
Steel :: Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration..
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