Rigorousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rigorous \Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See
     {Rigor}.]
     1. 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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              He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock
              With rigorous hands.                  --Shak.
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              We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their
              rigorous unity.                       --De Quincey.
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     2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
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     3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." --Spenser.
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     4. (Mathematics, Logic) Adhering scrupulously and exactly to
        accepted principles; hence, logically valid; as, a
        rigorous proof.
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     Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere;
          stern; harsh; strict; exact.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Rig"or*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {Rig"or*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rigorousness
       n : something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
           [syn: {asperity}, {grimness}, {hardship}, {rigor}, {rigour},
            {severity}]