[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rigor \rig"or\, n. oe. rigour, of. rigour, f. rigueur, from l.
   rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. see rigid. written also
   rigour.
   1. the becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid;
      rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
      1913 webster

            the rest his look
            bound with gorgonian rigor not to move. --milton.
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   2. med. see 1st rigor, 2.
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   3. severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor
      of the storm; the rigors of winter.
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   4. stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness;
      hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
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            all his rigor is turned to grief and pity. --denham.
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            if i shall be condemn'd
            upon surmises, . . . i tell you
            't is rigor and not law.              --shak.
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   5. 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.
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   6. severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain,
      abstinence, or mortification.
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            the prince lived in this convent with all the rigor
            and austerity of a capuchin.          --addison.
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   7. violence; force; fury. obs.
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            whose raging rigor neither steel nor brass could
            stay.                                 --spenser.
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   syn: stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility; severity;
        austerity; sternness; harshness; strictness; exactness.
        1913 webster
see also:
rigid rigour rigor lenity 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rigour
     n 1: the quality of being logically valid syn: cogency, validity,
           rigor
     2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
        syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, severity,
         rigorousness
     3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
        of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
        syn: severity, harshness, rigor, inclemency, hardness,
         stiffness
see also:
cogency validity rigor asperity grimness hardship 
severity rigorousness harshness inclemency hardness 
stiffness 

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