rigour
[noun]
Synonyms:
- strictness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, sternness, stringency
- hardship, ordeal, privation, suffering, trial

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rig‧our British English, rigor American English /ˈrɪɡə $ -ər/ noun

1. the rigours of something the problems and difficulties of a situation:
all the rigors of a Canadian winter
the stresses and rigours of modern life

2. [uncountable] great care and thoroughness in making sure that something is correct:
Their research seems to me to be lacking in rigour.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rigour
noun
I. strictness
ADJ. full The crime will be treated with the full rigour of the law.
academic, intellectual, logical, scientific
VERB + RIGOUR lack Their analysis lacks rigour.
PREP. with ~ | ~ in There is a need for academic rigour in approaching this problem.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

rigour
II. rigours: severe conditions
ADJ. full
VERB + RIGOUR be subjected to, face, suffer computers that are subjected to the rigours of the office environment
avoid, escape The town managed to escape the rigours of war.
stand up to, survive, withstand | prepare sb/sth for, protect (sb/sth) against The thick coat of the mountain goat protects it against the rigours of winter.

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