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(noun) rigor, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, inclemency, hardness, harshness, stiffness
excessive sternness
severity of character; the harshness of his punishment was inhuman; the rigors of boot camp
(noun) asperity, severeness, severity, hardship, grimness, rigor, rigour, rigourousness
something hard to endure
the asperity of northern winters