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rigor definition and meaning

n. Rigidity; stiffness.
n. A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.
n. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
n. See 1st Rigor, 2.
n. Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.
n. Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.
n. 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.
n. Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.
n. Violence; force; fury.

Crossword clues for rigor

- ... mortis
- Corpse rigidity, ... mortis
- Corpse stiffness, ... mortis
- rigidity
- Stiffness or rigidity


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