Rigor

['rɪgɚ]

Definition

(n.) Rigidity; stiffness.

(n.) A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.

(n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

(n.) See 1st Rigor, 2.

(n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.

(n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

(n.) Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence; strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity.

(n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.

(n.) Violence; force; fury.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Stiffness, rigidity, rigidness, inflexibility.[2]. Severity, austerity, harshness, sternness, asperity.[3]. Strictness, exactness.[4]. Inclemency.[5]. (Med.) Sudden coldness with shivering.

Checker: Paulette

Definition

n. the same as Rigour: (med.) a sense of chilliness with contraction of the skin a preliminary symptom of many diseases.—n. Rī′gor-mor′tis the characteristic stiffening of the body caused by the contraction of the muscles after death.

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