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rigour

 noun
     
rig‧our British English ; rigor American English
1

the rigours of something

the problems and difficulties of a situation:
all the rigors of a Canadian winter
the stresses and rigours of modern life
2 [uncountable] great care and thoroughness in making sure that something is correct:
Their research seems to me to be lacking in rigour.
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