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rig⋅or⋅ous

  [rig-er-uhs]
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–adjective
1. characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.
2. severely exact or accurate; precise: rigorous research.
3. (of weather or climate) uncomfortably severe or harsh; extremely inclement.
4. Logic, Mathematics. logically valid.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML rigōrōsus. See rigor, -ous

Related forms:
rig⋅or⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
rig⋅or⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. stern, austere, hard, inflexible, stiff, unyielding. See strict. 2. demanding, finical. 3. hard, bitter.

Antonyms:
1. flexible, soft. 2. inaccurate. 3. mild.
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rig·or·ous   (rĭg'ər-əs)   
adj.  
  1. Characterized by or acting with rigor: a rigorous program to restore physical fitness.
  2. Full of rigors; harsh: a rigorous climate.
  3. Rigidly accurate; precise. See Synonyms at burdensome.
rig'or·ous·ly adv., rig'or·ous·ness n.
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Rigorous

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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Language Translation for : rigorous
Spanish: riguroso,
German: streng,
Japanese: きびしい
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