rigournoun [ U ]
UK US rigor uk/ˈrɪɡ.ər/us/ˈrɪɡ.ɚ/rigour noun [ U ] (SEVERITY)
the fact that people are made to follow rules in a very severe way:
They were punished with unusual rigour.
the rigours of sth
the unpleasant or severe conditions of something:
They survived the rigours of the winter.
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Severe
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- austere
- authoritarian
- be heavy on sb idiom
- disciplinarian
- flinty
- hard
- heavy
- iron
- pitiless
- roundly
- rule sth with an iron hand/fist idiom
- severe
- severely
- sharp
- stern
- strict
- strictly
- strictness
- take a hard line on sb/sth idiom
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Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
rigour noun [ U ] (CARE)
formal approving the quality of being detailed, careful, and complete:
Her arguments lacked intellectual rigour.
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Cautious and vigilant
- askance
- attentive
- belt and braces idiom
- better safe than sorry idiom
- better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) idiom
- discreet
- due diligence
- gingerly
- guarded
- intent
- minutely
- narrowly
- once
- once bitten, twice shy idiom
- precise
- sedulous
- slowly
- vigilance
- vigilant
- wary
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