Rigour
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɪɡə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Rigour is a noun meaning Severity or strictness.
Meaning
Severity or strictness.
More Meanings
- Harshness, as of climate.
- (medicine) A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
- Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
- Shrewd questioning.
- Higher level of difficulty.
- (British) Misspelling of rigor (“rigor mortis”).
Example Sentences
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Word Forms
- rigours
- rigor
Synonyms for rigour
Depending on context, synonyms include asperity, validity, cogency, severity, hardship, grimness.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rigorousness, rigor, severity, hardship, asperity, grimness.
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