Clues for the word "RIGOR"

We've had 54 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 227 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 06, 2025.

Definition of rigor

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.