Definition of rigors Rigors

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rigours - /ɹˈɪɡəz/

rigors - /ɹɪˈgɚz/

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Noun
rigor - excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
		severity, severeness, harshness, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness
		sternness, strictness uncompromising resolution
rigor - something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
		asperity, grimness, hardship, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness
		difficultness, difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
rigor - the quality of being valid and rigorous
		cogency, validity, rigour
		believability, credibility, credibleness the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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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.