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rigour Definition:
- Rigour or rigor describes a condition of stiffness or strictness. Rigour frequently refers to a process of adhering absolutely to certain constraints, or the practice of maintaining strict consistency with certain predefined parameters. These constraints may be environmentally imposed, such as "the rigours of famine"; logically imposed, such as mathematical proofs which must maintain consistent answers; or socially imposed, such as the process of defining ethics and law.
| a severity / severeness harshness rigor rigour rigorousness rigourousness inclemency / hardness stiffness excessive sternness, "severity of character", "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman", "the rigors of boot camp" |
| asperity grimness hardship / rigor / rigour / severity severeness rigorousness / rigourousness something hard to endure, "the asperity of northern winters" |
| cogency / validity rigor rigour the quality of being valid and rigorous |