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rigorousness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rigorousness

1 the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)

  • the rigorousness of the training paid off when the dance students performed brilliantly at the recital
Synonyms of rigorousness

exactingness, hardness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency
Words Related to rigorousness

callousness, hard-heartedness, implacability, obduracy, obdurateness, pitilessness

dourness, gruffness

asceticism, austereness, austerity, monasticism

determination, firmness, resolve, steadfastness

obstinacy, stubbornness
Near Antonyms of rigorousness

forbearance, indulgence, kindness, lenience, patience, softness, tenderness, tolerance

responsiveness, willingness

compliance, pliability, pliancy
Antonyms of rigorousness

flexibility, gentleness, laxness, mildness

2 the quality or state of being very accurate

  • these days the rigorousness of electronic timing is necessary to measure the minute differences in the performances of Olympic athletes
Synonyms of rigorousness

accuracy, accurateness, closeness, delicacy, exactitude, exactness, fineness, nicety, perfection, preciseness, precision, rigor, ultraprecision, veracity
Words Related to rigorousness

correctness, fidelity, rightness, strictness, truth

definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, determinacy

nicety, subtlety

care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, persnicketiness
Near Antonyms of rigorousness

approximation, roundness

falseness, falsity, incorrectness, wrongness

carelessness, guesswork, looseness

indefiniteness, vagueness
Antonyms of rigorousness

coarseness, impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness, roughness

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