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Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..

Rigorist :: Rigorist (n.) One who is rigorous; -- sometimes applied to an extreme Jansenist.

District :: District (a.) Rigorous; stringent; harsh.

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..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..

Inclement :: Inclement (a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather..

Rhadamanthine :: Rhadamanthine (a.) Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment..

Angry :: Angry (superl.) Troublesome; vexatious; rigorous.

Strait :: Strait (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.

Moderate :: Moderate (v. i.) To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated..

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms..

Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence..

Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.

Severe :: Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test..

Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.

Liberal :: Liberal (a.) Not strict or rigorous; not confined or restricted to the literal sense; free; as, a liberal translation of a classic, or a liberal construction of law or of language..

Severity :: Severity (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test..

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..

Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter..

Straits :: Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.

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