Rigour
Adhering absolutely to certain constraints with consistency / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the medical term, see Rigor (medicine). For the sign of death, see Rigor mortis.
Rigour (British English) or rigor (American English; see spelling differences) describes a condition of stiffness or strictness.[1] These constraints may be environmentally imposed, such as "the rigours of famine"; logically imposed, such as mathematical proofs which must maintain consistent answers; or socially imposed, such as the process of defining ethics and law.
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