Definition of rigor

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Rigor (n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever..

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Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; as, a lenient disposition; a lenient judge or sentence..
Rigorism :: Rigorism (n.) Severity, as of style, or the like..
Inclemency :: Inclemency (n.) Physical severity or harshness (commonly in respect to the elements or weather); roughness; storminess; rigor; severe cold, wind, rain, or snow..
Perigord Pie :: Perigord pie () A pie made of truffles, much esteemed by epicures..
Rigor :: 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 :: Rigor (n.) Violence; force; fury.
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.
Steel :: Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Having or observing logical sequence; logically consistent and rigorous; consecutive in development or transition of thought.
Myosin :: Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma..
Inclement :: Inclement (a.) Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement weather..
Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion..
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter..
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..
Ironclad :: Ironclad (a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Lenity :: Lenity (n.) The state or quality of being lenient; mildness of temper or disposition; gentleness of treatment; softness; tenderness; clemency; -- opposed to severity and rigor.
Severe :: Severe (superl.) Difficult to be endured; exact; critical; rigorous; as, a severe test..
Weighty :: Weighty (superl.) Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
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