RIGOROUS

rigorous

Adjective

  1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigour; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
  2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
  3. Violent.


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