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Rigor

Definition: Rigidity; stiffness.

Rigor

Definition: A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a
convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.

Rigor

Definition: The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid;
rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

Rigor

Definition: See 1st Rigor, 2.

Rigor

Definition: Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of
the storm; the rigors of winter.

Rigor

Definition: Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness;
relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

Rigor

Definition: 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.

Rigor

Definition: Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain,
abstinence, or mortification.

Rigor

Definition: Violence; force; fury.