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rigor
/ˈɹɪɡɚ/
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What does rigor mean?
noun
- US spelling of rigour.
- (informal) Ellipsis of rigor mortis.
proper noun
- A surname from Spanish.
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Some ridiculed Cato for his economy, others looked with respect on this gentle relaxation of his usual rigor and austerity.
The mistakes in bringing-up like spoiling, rigor, neglect, and their consequences, laziness, deceit, and larceny, have a sufficiently evil outcome.
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It is the insidious temptation that assails us when we are braced up to profit by the invigorating rigor of winter.
He was nerving himself to this rigor as he rode from Brassing, and meditated on the representations he must make to Rosamond.
On Sundays he dressed with a certain rigor of respectability, all in black, and laid aside tobacco, at least to the public view.