Rigor

·noun ·see 1st Rigor, 2.

II. Rigor ·noun Rigidity; stiffness.

III. Rigor ·noun Violence; force; fury.

IV. Rigor ·noun The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

V. Rigor ·noun Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.

VI. Rigor ·noun Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.

VII. Rigor ·noun Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

VIII. Rigor ·noun A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.

IX. Rigor ·noun 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.