Definitions for rigour
rigour

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cogency, validity, rigor, rigournoun

   the quality of being valid and rigorous

2. asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousnessnoun

   something hard to endure

   "the asperity of northern winters"

3. severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffnessnoun

   excessive sternness

   "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rigournoun

   A harsh or severe experience.

2. rigournoun

   A trembling or shivering response.

3. rigournoun

   Character of being unyielding or inflexible.

4. rigournoun

   Shrewd questioning.

5. rigournoun

   Higher level of difficulty.

6. rigournoun

   An abbreviated form of rigour mortis.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RIGOURnoun

   Etymology: rigor, Latin.

   1. Cold; stiffness.

   The rest his look
   Bound with Gorgonian rigour, not to move. John Milton.

   2. A convulsive shuddering with sense of cold.

   A right regimen, during the rigor or cold fit in the beginning of a fever, is of great importance; a long continued rigor is a sign of a strong disease: during the rigor, the circulation is less quick, and the blood actually stagnates in the extremities, and, pressing upon the heart, may produce concretions; therefore a rigor increaseth an inflammation. Arb.

   3. Severity; sternness; want of condescension to others.

   Nature has got the victory over passion, all his rigour is turned to grief and pity. John Denham, Sophy.

   Rigour makes it difficult for sliding virtue to recover. Claris.

   4. Severity of conduct.

   Does not looseness of life, and a want of necessary sobriety in some, drive others into rigors that are unnecessary? Thomas Sprat.

   This prince lived in this convent, with all the rigor and austerity of a capuchin. Joseph Addison, Remarks on Italy.

   5. Strictness; unabated exactness.

   It may not seem hard, if in cases of necessity certain profitable ordinances sometimes be released, rather than all men always strictly bound to the general rigor thereof. Richard Hooker.

   Heat and cold are not, according to philosophical rigour, the efficients; but are names expressing our passions. Joseph Glanvill.

   The base degenerate age requires
   Severity and justice in its rigour:
   This awes an impious bold offending world. Addison.

   6. Rage; cruelty; fury.

   He at his foe with furious rigour smites,
   That strongest oak might seem to overthrow;
   The stroke upon his shield so heavy lights,
   That to the ground it doubleth him full low. Fairy Queen.

   Driven by the necessities of the times and the temper of the people, more than led by his own disposition to any height and rigour of actions. Charles I .

   7. Hardness; not flexibility; solidity; not softness.

   The stones the rigor of their kind expel,
   And supple into softness as they fell. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rigour

   Rigour (British English) or rigor (American English; see spelling differences) describes a condition of stiffness or strictness. These constraints may be environmentally imposed, such as "the rigours of famine"; logically imposed, such as mathematical proofs which must maintain consistent answers; or socially imposed, such as the process of defining ethics and law.

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1. rigour

   Rigour refers to the strictness, severity, or thoroughness in one's actions, work, or behaviour. It often relates to maintaining a high standard of accuracy, precision, or quality. In academics, it refers to the careful and detailed process of research and study. In other words, it connotes a discipline of meticulous exactitude.

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1. Rigour

   Rigour or rigor 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.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rigour

   rig′ur, n. the quality of being rigid or severe: stiffness of opinion or temper: strictness: exactness: violence: relentlessness: severity of climate: (med., spelt Rigor; see above).—adj. Rig′orous, exercising rigour: allowing no abatement: marked by severity: harsh: scrupulously accurate: very severe.—adv. Rig′orously.—ns. Rig′orousness; Rig′ourism (R.C.), the opposite of Probalilism; Rig′ourist, a person of strict principles: a purist. [L. rigor—rigēre.]

Matched Categories

1. • Credibility
   • Difficulty
   • Sternness

How to pronounce rigour?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rigour in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rigour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of rigour in a Sentence

1. Wang Zhigang:

   The rigour of vaccine development has been compared by some scientists to a dance involving precise steps and rehearsals.

2. Magdalena Skipper:

   We will never compromise the rigour of our peer review, and papers will only be accepted once ... they have been thoroughly assessed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rigour
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rigour
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rigour
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigour
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rigour
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=rigour