RIGOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rigor mean? 

• RIGOR (noun)
  The noun RIGOR has 3 senses:

1. something hard to endure

2. the quality of being valid and rigorous

3. excessive sternness

  Familiarity information: RIGOR used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something hard to endure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

asperity; grimness; hardship; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; rigourousness; severeness; severity

Context example:

the asperity of northern winters

Hypernyms ("rigor" is a kind of...):

difficultness; difficulty (the quality of being difficult)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rigor"):

sternness (the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being valid and rigorous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

cogency; rigor; rigour; validity

Hypernyms ("rigor" is a kind of...):

believability; credibility; credibleness (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)

Derivation:

rigorous (rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Excessive sternness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

hardness; harshness; inclemency; rigor; rigorousness; rigour; rigourousness; severeness; severity; stiffness

Context example:

the rigors of boot camp

Hypernyms ("rigor" is a kind of...):

sternness; strictness (uncompromising resolution)

Derivation:

rigorous (demanding strict attention to rules and procedures)

 Context examples 

The best part is that after Saturn departs on December 16, 2020, he will leave a gift by the door, as is usual for Saturn, as thanks for your dedication and willingness to deal with his rigors.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)