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rigor

/ˈɹɪɡɚ/

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What does rigor mean?

noun

  1. US spelling of rigour.
  2. (informal) Ellipsis of rigor mortis.

proper noun

  1. A surname from Spanish.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɪɡɚ/

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Some ridiculed Cato for his economy, others looked with respect on this gentle relaxation of his usual rigor and austerity.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
The mistakes in bringing-up like spoiling, rigor, neglect, and their consequences, laziness, deceit, and larceny, have a sufficiently evil outcome.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
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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.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
He was nerving himself to this rigor as he rode from Brassing, and meditated on the representations he must make to Rosamond.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
On Sundays he dressed with a certain rigor of respectability, all in black, and laid aside tobacco, at least to the public view.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133