rig·our

[rig-er]
noun Chiefly British.
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rigour or (US) rigor (ˈrɪɡə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
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.  maths, logic logical validity or accuracy
6.  obsolete rigidity
 
[C14: from Latin rigor]
 
rigor or (US) rigor
 
n
 
[C14: from Latin rigor]

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Rigour is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
As someone mentioned before minimum wages are not de rigour in all developed countries.
Requiring private capital is another way to bring rigour: its suppliers are used to weighing up the returns from competing uses.
It is quite frustrating to see an increase in conceptual sophistication, rigour, and accuracy characterised as a laughable gaffe.
Most business books would profit from a bit more rigour.
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