rigour
/'rigə/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Excessive sternness; severity of character: The quality of being strict, severe, or uncompromising, often in judgment or discipline.
- The quality of being valid and rigorous: The state of being extremely thorough, accurate, and precise, especially in intellectual or scientific work.
- Something hard to endure; harshness: A severe, demanding, or extreme condition that is difficult to withstand.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The rigour of the academic program demands complete dedication from the students.
- The experiment was conducted with scientific rigour to ensure the results were reliable.
- They struggled to survive the rigours of the Arctic winter.
Advanced Usage
- "with rigour": in a thorough, severe, or strict manner.
- The investigation was carried out with great rigour.
- "the rigours of something": the severe and demanding aspects of a particular situation or experience.
- He was unprepared for the rigours of military life.
Variants and Related Words
- Rigorous (adj): extremely thorough, accurate, or strict.
- She follows a rigorous daily routine.
- Rigor (n): The American English spelling of 'rigour'.
Synonyms
- Strictness: The quality of demanding that rules are obeyed.
- Harshness: The quality of being cruel, severe, or unpleasantly rough.
- Precision: The quality of being exact, accurate, and careful.
- Severity: The fact or condition of being very great; intenseness.
Related Phrases
- Rigor mortis: (A Latin phrase used in English) The stiffening of the body after death.
- Rigor mortis had set in by the time the body was found.
Related Idioms
- "The full rigour of the law": the strictest possible application or enforcement of the law.
- The corrupt official should face the full rigour of the law.
Noun
- excessive sternness
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
- something hard to endure
- the asperity of northern winters
- the quality of being valid and rigorous