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ˈrigorousness [f. as prec. + -ness.] Rigorous action, procedure, or temper; rigour.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 54 Yf our iustyce begyn to extende it selfe so farre that it turne in to inordynate zele or rygorousnes,..temper it with mercy. 1542Lament. & Piteous Treatise in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 245 Whiche tempest vsed no lesse rygorousnes with the shippes of the Rhodyans. 1642H. More Song of Soul i. iii. xv, Oppression-of-the-poore, Fell-rigourousnesse. 1694Kettlewell Comp. Penitent 31 The Rigorousness and Unrelenting hardness of my own Dealings towards them. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Rel. Knowl. 2324 The rigorousness, not to say cruelty, with which he enforced his various measures against image-worship. |