Rigour Definition

noun
Severity or strictness.
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A trembling or shivering response.
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Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
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Shrewd questioning.
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Higher level of difficulty.
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Noun

Singular:
rigour
Plural:
rigours

Origin of Rigour

  • From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French rigor, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidness, rigor, cold, harshness"), from rigere (“to be rigid"). Compare French rigueur.

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Rigour Sentence Examples

  • This excessive rigour was mitigated in 1561.

  • As witness, the slave was still subject to the question; as criminal, he was punished with greater rigour than the freeman.

  • As Oberprdsident of Silesia he had already done much to mitigate the rigour of the application of the "May Laws," and as minister of public worship and of the interior he continued this policy.

  • Formal logic of the extremest rigour is nowhere to be found more adequately expressed in all its strength, and it must be added in all its weakness, than in the writings of Mansel.

  • The island was subsequently punished with great rigour by the Persians.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

RUROUR

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With R6 Letter Words Ending With R