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rigueur — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • rectitude noun Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
  • rigour noun Severity or strictness.
  • thoroughness noun The state of being thorough.

Senses

rigueur is used for these senses in English:

  • rectitude (now, _, rare) The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement. [from 15th c.]
  • rigour Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
  • thoroughness The state of being thorough.

rectitude — full definition

  1. noun Straightness; the state or quality of having a constant direction and not being crooked or bent.
  2. noun The fact or quality of being right or correct; correctness of opinion or judgement.
  3. noun Conformity to the rules prescribed for moral conduct; (moral) uprightness, virtue.

rigour — full definition

  1. noun Severity or strictness.
  2. noun Harshness, as of climate.
  3. noun A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.
  4. noun Character of being unyielding or inflexible.

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