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Rigorous

Rigorous Meaning & Definition
Rigorous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rigorous?

[adj] demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
[adj] rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
[adj] (of circumstances; especially weather) causing suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous climate"; "unkind winters"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rigorous: brutal | cruel | demanding | exact | hard | harsh | strict | stringent | tight | unkind

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Rigorous In Webster's Dictionary

\Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See {Rigor}.] 1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. --Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. --De Quincey. 2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter. 3. Violent. [Obs.] ``Rigorous uproar.'' --Spenser. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact. -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Rig"or*ous*ness}, n.

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