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Meaning of rigor

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rigor
      n 1: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern
           winters" [syn: {asperity}, {grimness}, {hardship}, {rigor},
           {rigour}, {severity}, {severeness}, {rigorousness},
           {rigourousness}]
      2: the quality of being valid and rigorous [syn: {cogency},
         {validity}, {rigor}, {rigour}]
      3: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
         of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
         [syn: {severity}, {severeness}, {harshness}, {rigor},
         {rigour}, {rigorousness}, {rigourousness}, {inclemency},
         {hardness}, {stiffness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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