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rigour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rigour has 3 senses
- rigour(n = noun.attribute) cogency, rigor, validity - the quality of being valid and rigorous; Array is a kind of believability, credibility, credibleness
- rigour(n = noun.attribute) asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" is a kind of difficultness, difficulty
- rigour(n = noun.attribute) hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" is a kind of sternness, strictness
has particulars: sternness
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rigour, n. (US rigor)
1 a severity, strictness, harshness. b (in pl.) harsh measures or conditions.
2 logical exactitude.
3 strict enforcement of rules etc. (the utmost rigour of the law).
4 austerity of life; puritanical discipline.
1 a severity, strictness, harshness. b (in pl.) harsh measures or conditions.
2 logical exactitude.
3 strict enforcement of rules etc. (the utmost rigour of the law).
4 austerity of life; puritanical discipline.
Etymology
ME f. OF rigour f. L rigor (as RIGOR(1))
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