Definition of Rigour in English :

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Meaning of Rigour in English

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Rigour

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Noun

1. cogency, rigor, rigour, validity

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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

something hard to endure

Example Sentences:
'the asperity of northern winters'

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

excessive sternness

Example Sentences:
'severity of character'
'the harshness of his punishment was inhuman'
'the rigors of boot camp'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Rigour

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noun
1. 
harsh but just treatment or action
2. 
a severe or cruel circumstance; hardship
the rigours of famine
3. 
strictness, harshness, or severity of character
4. 
strictness in judgment or conduct; rigorism
5. mathematics, logic
logical validity or accuracy
6. obsolete
rigidity

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Rigour

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n.
Chiefly British
Variant of rigor.

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