harsh, strict, severe; exact, precise, strictly accurate
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Rigorous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Violent.
Violent.
(a.)
Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
(a.)
Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutManifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
rigorous
\rig"or*ous\ (?), a. [f. rigoureux, ll. rigorosus. see rigor.]
1. manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. he shall be thrown down the tarpeian rock with rigorous hands. we do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity.
2. severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
3. violent. [obs.] "rigorous uproar."
Uncompromising.
Adjective
1. rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
(synonym) strict
(similar) exact
2. demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
(synonym) stringent, tight
(similar) demanding
3. used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"
(synonym) brutal, cruel, harsh, unkind
(similar) hard
Rigorous Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Rigour or rigor (see spelling differences) has a number of meanings in relation to intellectual life and discourse. These are separate from public and political applications with their suggestion of laws enforced to the letter, or political absolutism. A religion, too, may be worn lightly, or applied with rigour.
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