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rigor (rig′ər; for 4 & 5, occas. rī′gôr)

noun

  1. harshness or severity; specif.,
    1. strictness or inflexibility the rigor of martial law
    2. extreme hardship or difficulty the rigors of life
    3. inclemency, as of weather
  2. exactness in precision or accuracy; exactitude
  3. a severe, harsh, or oppressive act, etc.
  4. stiffness; rigidity; specif., a condition of rigidity in body tissues or organs, in which there is no response to stimuli
  5. a shivering or trembling, as in the chill preceding a fever

Etymology: ME < MFr rigueur < L rigor < rigere: see rigid

Brit. sp. rigour rig′·our

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rigor

n.

rigidity, stiffness, inflexibility, hardness, sternness, harshness, hardship, difficulty, austerity, severity, strictness, stringency, inexorability, obduracy, exactitude, preciseness, precision, intolerance, obstinacy, freedom from deviation, uncompromisingness, inclemency, tenacity, traditionalism, conventionalism, relentlessness, rigorousness; see also stubbornness.

Antonyms leniency, lenity, mildness. See syn. study at difficulty.difficulty.


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rigor Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • environment: They are built to meet the rigors of industrial environments and offer parallel parameters covering just about all the basics.

Converse of object

  • withstand: It's stylish housing is made to withstand the rigors of field shooting.

Adjective modifier

  • methodological: By means of this structure, the reader gains insight into the methodological rigor behind Hopkins ' translation at an almost pedagogical level.

Modifies a noun

  • mortis: At some point over night the whole thing just locked, to be found in the same state of digital rigor mortis this morning.

Noun used with modifier

  • description: What are the changes that take place in the human body after death which account for the description rigor mortis?
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