Definition of rigor

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Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification..

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Rigorism :: Rigorism (n.) Severity, as of style, or the like..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
Rigorous :: Rigorous (a.) Violent.
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.
Tyranny :: Tyranny (n.) Severity; rigor; inclemency.
Steel :: Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
Straits :: Strait (adv.) Strictly; rigorously.
Inquisitorial :: Inquisitorial (a.) Pertaining to inquisition; making rigorous and unfriendly inquiry; searching; as, inquisitorial power..
Reddour :: Reddour (n.) Rigor; violence.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter..
Moderate :: Moderate (a.) Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty..
Relax :: Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification..
Ague :: Ague (n.) The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever; as, fever and ague..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. i.) To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated..
Severity :: Severity (n.) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test..
Ascetic :: Ascetic (n.) In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things..
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