rigor

(noun)

noun

1. something hard to endure

Similar word(s): asperity, grimness, hardship, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity

Definition categories: attribute, difficultness, difficulty

2. the quality of being valid and rigorous

Similar word(s): cogency, rigour, validity

Definition categories: attribute, believability, credibility, credibleness

3. excessive sternness

- the rigors of boot camp

Similar word(s): hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity, stiffness

Definition categories: attribute, sternness, strictness