Rigour
[rigә]
Definition
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.
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Examples
- Of course, they will be punished with the utmost rigour of the law, as notice-boards observe,' replied James Harthouse, 'and serve them right. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In countries where the rigour of the law suffers no poachers, the licensed hunter is not in a much better condition. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Tithes take place in all of them, and are levied with the utmost rigour in those of Spain and Portugal. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Miss Horrocks was installed as housekeeper at Queen's Crawley, and ruled all the domestics there with great majesty and rigour. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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