RIGOUR

n. 1 Usually, rigours. severity, harshness, hardship, inhospitableness, bleakness, inclemency or inclementness, bitterness, cold I am not sure that my grandmother can endure the rigours of another Scottish winter 2 strictness, rigidity, precision, preciseness, punctilio, literalness, exactness, meticulousness, stringency, inflexibility, rigorism, harshness, severity, hardship, asperity, austerity, sternness If you work with radioactive materials, safety regulations must be observed with rigour The rigour of monastic life has toughened him over the years.