Rigor(n.) Rigidity; stiffness.
Rigor(n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.
Rigor(n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
Rigor(n.) See 1st Rigor, 2.
Rigor(n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.
Rigor(n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
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.
Rigor(n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.
Rigor(n.) Violence; force; fury.
Rigorism(n.) Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; -- opposed to laxity.
Rigorism(n.) Severity, as of style, or the like.
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.
Rigorous(a.) Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
Rigorous(a.) Violent.
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