rigor

1. n. Rigidity; stiffness. Source: opted

2. n. A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. Source: opted

3. n. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. Source: opted

4. n. See 1st Rigor, 2. Source: opted

5. n. Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter. Source: opted

6. n. Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. n. Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification. Source: opted

9. n. Violence; force; fury. Source: opted

10. n. something hard to endure Source: wordnet

11. n. the quality of being valid and rigorous Source: wordnet

12. n. excessive sternness Source: wordnet

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