rigours
Severe trials endured
Rigours is the British spelling of rigors—the harsh, demanding, or severe aspects of something: the rigours of winter, the rigours of military training.
The word suggests conditions that test endurance or require discipline.
In medical contexts, rigours (or rigors) are episodes of shivering associated with fever.
Unsparing quality or manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
- relentlessnessUnstoppable persistence
austerity · implacability · exacting · uncompromising · rigid · unyielding · draconian · punitive
Severe difficulty or suffering
- tribulationState of great distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- privationLack of necessities
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
hardship · struggle · affliction · travail · austerity · difficulty · misfortune · deprivation
Prescribed course of treatment
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
conformity · structure · rules · regulation · methodical · routine · drill · order
Requiring intense exertion
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- demandingRequiring great effort
- taxingRequiring great effort
punishing · laborious · challenging · vigorous · onerous · extreme · exhausting · relentless
harshness
Unsparing quality or manner
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- sternnessUncompromising strictness of manner
- inflexibilityQuality of being unbending
relentlessness · austerity · implacability · exacting · uncompromising · rigid · unyielding · draconian · punitive · merciless
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- tribulationState of great distress
- ordealDifficult, painful experience
- privationLack of necessities
suffering · hardship · struggle · affliction · travail · austerity · difficulty · misfortune · deprivation · toil
regimen
Prescribed course of treatment
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- strictnessInflexibility in enforcement
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
precision · conformity · structure · rules · regulation · methodical · routine · drill · order · control
strenuous
Requiring intense exertion
- arduousDemanding strenuous effort
- gruelingExtremely tiring and demanding
- demandingRequiring great effort
taxing · punishing · laborious · challenging · vigorous · onerous · extreme · exhausting · relentless · unrelenting
rigourscomforts
Eases distress; pleasures
ease · luxuries · pleasures · amenities · creature comforts
rigoursleniency
Mildness in punishment
laxity · flexibility · permissiveness · looseness · tolerance
- rigour mortisStiffening following death