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Synonyms & Antonyms of rigor
1
something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal
- hard-bitten folk who survived many rigors on the way to the promised land
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- bar,
- catch,
- check,
- clog,
- crimp,
- embarrassment,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- pons asinorum,
- rub,
- shackle,
- snag,
- stop,
- trammel
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2
the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)
- after being coddled by his former coach, the swimmer was shocked by the rigor of the new training program
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3
the quality or state of being very accurate
- said that she had heard that excuse a million times, but then she was never known for the rigor of her calculations
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The first known use of rigor was in the 14th century
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