rigour

[ rig-er ]

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a variant of rigor.

rigour

/ ˈrɪɡə /

noun

1. harsh but just treatment or action
2. a severe or cruel circumstance; hardship

   the rigours of famine

3. strictness, harshness, or severity of character
4. strictness in judgment or conduct; rigorism
5. maths logic logical validity or accuracy
6. obsolete.
   rigidity

Word History and Origins

Origin of rigour¹

C14: from Latin rigor

Example Sentences

It was also, probably, designed as a protest against the rigour of the Novatians in refusing reconciliation to penitent apostates.

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The increasing rigour of our prison discipline rendered our lives one unvaried scene.

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Great attention was paid to morality, and offences were punished with extreme rigour, even with death itself.

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That a due rigour and restraint be laid upon the second, that villainy and knavery might not be encouraged by a law.

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The "rigour and vigour" with which Paul's use of these terms is investigated seems to me largely misplaced.

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