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Associations to the word «Rigor»

Wiktionary

RIGOR, noun. US spelling of rigour
RIGOR, noun. (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.
RIGOR CALORIS, noun. (biology) A form of rigor mortis induced by heat, as when the muscle of a mammal is heated to about 50°C.
RIGOR MORTIS, noun. Temporary stiffness of a body's muscles and joints following death.

Dictionary definition

RIGOR, noun. Something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters".
RIGOR, noun. The quality of being valid and rigorous.
RIGOR, noun. Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin