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Rigorous : adj
1: rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard;
"rigorous application of the law"; "a strict
vegetarian" [syn: strict]
2: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
"rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety
measures" [syn: stringent, tight]
3: used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause
suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be
cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous
climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: brutal, cruel, harsh,
unkind]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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