rigour
Uncompromising precision demanded
Rigour is the British spelling of rigor—strictness, exactness, or thoroughness in method or enforcement.
Academic rigour demands careful reasoning and evidence.
The rigour of a harsh winter means its severity.
The rigour of her training regimen left no room for shortcuts.
In medicine, rigours are episodes of shivering from fever or chill.
Unsparing quality or manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
toughness · stringency · unforgiving · relentlessness · draconian · exacting · uncompromising · demanding
Developing abilities through practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
methodology · systematic · protocol · procedure · standards · framework · orderliness · consistency
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- difficultyState of being hard
struggle · endurance · grueling · demanding · taxing · strenuous · arduous · intensive
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
analysis · scrutiny · empirical · scholarly · scientific · systematic · evidence-based · falsifiability
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- attentionFocused mental awareness
detail · scrupulousness · carefulness · diligence · punctiliousness · exactitude · fastidiousness · methodicalness
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
inflexibility · toughness · stringency · unforgiving · relentlessness · draconian · exacting · uncompromising · demanding · punitive
training
Developing abilities through practice
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- routineRegular sequence of actions
structure · methodology · systematic · protocol · procedure · standards · framework · orderliness · consistency · methodical
hardship
Suffering from difficult circumstances
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- trialJudicial examination of claims
difficulty · struggle · endurance · grueling · demanding · taxing · strenuous · arduous · intensive · bootcamp
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
methodology · analysis · scrutiny · empirical · scholarly · scientific · systematic · evidence-based · falsifiability · replicability
accuracy
Degree of correctness
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
attention · detail · scrupulousness · carefulness · diligence · punctiliousness · exactitude · fastidiousness · methodicalness · specificity
chills
Shivering spells from illness
- shiveringInvoluntary bodily trembling
- feverElevated body temperature
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
stiffness · symptom · shaking · pyrexia · hypothermia
rigourleniency
Mildness in punishment
laxity · indulgence · permissiveness · tolerance · mildness
rigourimprecision
Lack of exactness
sloppiness · carelessness · inaccuracy · looseness · vagueness
- rigor mortisPostmortem muscular rigidity
- rigorous trainingSystematic, demanding instruction
- intellectual rigorDisciplined, exacting thought standards
- academic rigorStrictness in intellectual pursuits
- scientific rigorStrict adherence to method
- rigour mortisStiffening following death