RIGOUR

severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness

(noun) 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

(noun) something hard to endure; “the asperity of northern winters”

cogency, validity, rigor, rigour

(noun) the quality of being valid and rigorous

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

rigour (countable and uncountable, plural rigours)

Severity or strictness.

Harshness, as of climate.

A trembling or shivering response.

Character of being unyielding or inflexible.

Shrewd questioning.

Higher level of difficulty.

(British) Misspelling of rigor.

Source: Wiktionary



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