Definition for RIG'OR-OUS

RIG'OR-OUS, a. [Fr. rigoureux.]

  1. Severe; allowing no abatement or mitigation; as, a rigorous officer of justice.
  2. Severe; exact; strict; without abatement or relaxation; as, a rigorous execution of law; an enforcement of rigorous discipline.
  3. Exact; strict; scrupulously accurate; as, a rigorous definition or demonstration.
  4. Severe; very cold; as, a rigorous winter.

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