rigour definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour] 2: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness] 3: excessive sternness; "severity of character ... the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness] Merriam Webster's chiefly British ... logical exactitude. 3 strict enforcement of rules etc. (the utmost rigour of the law). 4 austerity of life; puritanical discipline. Etymology: ME f. OF rigour f. L rigor (as RIGOR(1)) Webster's 1913 ...
... the asperity of northern winters" [syn: asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness] 2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: cogency, validity, rigor, rigour] 3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his ... the rigors of boot camp" [syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English rigour, from Anglo-French, from Latin rigor, literally, stiffness, from rig ... f. L f. rigere be stiff 2. US var. of RIGOUR. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rigor Ri"gor, n. [L. See ... fibers. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Rigor Rig"or, n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr. rigere ...
... palaces. The children of Israel were made to serve with rigour. Their lives were made bitter with hard bondage, and "all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour" (Ex. 1:13, 14). But this cruel oppression had not ...