Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: brutal, cruel, demanding, exact, hard, harsh, strict, stringent, tight, unkind

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