rigor
nounmasculine/ʁiˈɣoɾ/high
ri·gor
Definition
The quality of being rigorous; severity, exactness, precision.
The work was evaluated with great rigor.
The full rigor of the law was applied to the offender.
Common collocations
scientific rigormethodological rigorwith rigorin rigor
Idiomatic expressions
- in all rigor (strictly speaking)
- the rigor of winter (the harshness of winter)
Etymology
Do latim 'rigor, rigōris'.