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Rigidity; stiffness. |
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A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a
convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever. |
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The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid;
rigidity; stiffness; hardness. |
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See 1st Rigor, 2. |
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Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of
the storm; the rigors of winter. |
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Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness;
relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty. |
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Exactness without allowance, deviation, or indulgence;
strictness; as, the rigor of criticism; to execute a law with rigor; to
enforce moral duties with rigor; -- opposed to lenity. |
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Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain,
abstinence, or mortification. |
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Violence; force; fury. |
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