Rigor: alternatives and connections

The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

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The quality or state of being credible; worthiness of belief; credibility.

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Difficulty.

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The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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The quality or state of being stern.

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Quality or state of being strict.

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The quality or state of being stern.

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Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigo…

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Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigo…

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Roughness of surface; unevenness; -- opposed to smoothness.

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The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.

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Fierceness of look; sternness; crabbedness; forbiddingness.

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The quality or state of being hard, literally or figuratively.

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That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.

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The quality or state of being harsh.

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The state or quality of being inclement; want of clemency; want of mildness of temper; unmercifulness; severity.

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The quality or state of being severe.

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The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

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The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; t…

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