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rigorous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | strict |
| Derivation | rigor, rigorousness |
rigorous application of the law.
Examples of rigorous
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His rigorous approach was needed after the erratic monetary policy of the 1980s.
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Under TSA rules, those who decline must submit to rigorous pat-down inspections.
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Getting conditional status is a limited, rigorous privilege, not an entitlement.
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Rigorous efforts on the home front this morning will be effective and rewarding.
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Teachers achieve certification through a rigorous, performance-based assessment.
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A new experiment will soon test the gene study's results in a more rigorous way.
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Even this one, a truly rigorous probe, is another word in an ongoing discussion.
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It should offer earlier graduation and a truly rigorous college-prep curriculum.
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Critics said the failure rate highlights the need for more rigorous inspections.
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- Rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian"
- Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"
- (rigorously) in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks"
- (rigorousness) asperity: something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"
- (rigorousness) severity: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
- Rigour or rigor (see spelling differences) has a number of meanings in relation to intellectual life and discourse. These are separate from public and political applications with their suggestion of laws enforced to the letter, or political absolutism. ...
- (Rigorousness (databases)) In databases and transaction processing (transaction management), Two-phase locking, (2PL) is a concurrency control locking protocol, or mechanism, which guarantees Serializability (e.g., see Bernstein et al. 1987, Weikum and Vossen 2001). ...
- Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigour; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration; Violent
- (Rigorously) Thoroughly or accurately.
