Definition of rigor

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Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification..

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Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Frigorific :: Frigorific (a.) Alt. of Frigorifica.
Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..
Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..
Lenity :: Lenity (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency.
Impleadable :: Impleadable (a.) Not admitting excuse, evasion, or plea; rigorous..
Relax :: Relax (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors..
Stern :: Stern (superl.) Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree..
Cistercian :: Cistercian (n.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at Citeaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) See 1st Rigor, 2..
Hypercriticism :: Hypercriticism (n.) Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Overrigorous :: Overrigorous (a.) Too rigorous; harsh.
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Rigidity; stiffness.
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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