Top Rigor Quotes

Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark

If someone were to propose that the planets go around the sun because all planet matter has a kind of tendency for movement, a kind of motility, let us call it an ‘oomph,’ this theory could explain a...

Rigor Definition

(n.) Rigidity; stiffness.

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

(n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.

(n.) See 1st Rigor, 2.

(n.) Severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.

(n.) Stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.

(n.) 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.

(n.) Severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.

(n.) Violence; force; fury.

Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny — and also in a willingness to re...