Definition for

rigorous


Acting with rigor; strict in performance or requirement.

Marked by inflexibility or severity; stringent; exacting; hence, unmitigated; merciless.

Exact; strict; precise; scrupulously accurate: as, a rigorous definition or demonstration.

Hard; inclement; bitter; severe: as, a rigorous winter.

Synonyms and Severe, Rigid, etc. (see austere), inflexible, unbending, unyielding.

adjective – Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless

adjective – Severe; intense; inclement.

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