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
A sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever
Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter
{i} severity, strictness; harshness; exactness, strict accuracy; stiffness of muscles causing an inability to react to stimuli (Physiology); sudden feeling of coldness, chill; act of cruelty
Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty