Word Definition

Rigorous

  1. Violent.
  2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
  3. 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.

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