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| rig·or [ ríggər ] (plural rig·ors) |
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1. severity or harshness: unrelenting strictness or toughness in dealing with people or things and an unwillingness to make allowances
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2. use of demanding standards: the application of precise and exacting standards in the doing of something
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3. hardship: an experience of great hardship or difficulty
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usually used in the plural
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  the rigors of life on the battlefront
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4. severe weather: harshness of weather or climate
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5. rigidity of body: stiffness and lack of response to stimuli in body organs or tissues
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6. sudden feeling of chilliness: an abrupt attack of shivering and coldness, typically marking a rise in body temperature, e.g. at the onset of fever
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7. botany inertia in plants: insensitivity of a plant arising from unfavorable conditions
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8. medicine
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informal
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Same as rigor mortis
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| [14th century. Directly or via French< Latin, "stiffness" < rigere "be stiff"] |
