rigidity; stiffness.-a sense of chilliness, with contraction of the skin; a convulsive shuddering or tremor, as in the chill preceding a fever.-the becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.-see 1st rigor, 2.-severity of climate or season; inclemency; as, the rigor of the storm; the rigors of winter.-stiffness of opinion or temper; rugged sternness; hardness; relentless severity; hard-heartedness; cruelty.-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.-severity of life; austerity; voluntary submission to pain, abstinence, or mortification.-violence; force; fury.