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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rigorousness 
  n  :  something  hard  to  endure;  "the  asperity  of  northern  winters" 
  [syn:  {asperity},  {grimness},  {hardship},  {rigor},  {rigour}, 
  {severity}]




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