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

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

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

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..

Severe :: Severe (superl.) Very strict in judgment, discipline, or government; harsh; not mild or indulgent; rigorous; as, severe criticism; severe punishment..

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

Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.

Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.

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

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

Inquisitorial :: Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention..

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

Austere :: Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life..

Straitly :: Straitly (adv.) In a strait manner; narrowly; strictly; rigorously.

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

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..

Overrigorous :: Overrigorous (a.) Too rigorous; harsh.

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

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

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