| rigor | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity | something hard to endure.; "the asperity of northern winters" |
| ~ difficultness, difficulty | the quality of being difficult.; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb" |
| ~ sternness | the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding.; "the sternness of his surroundings made him uncomfortable" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. cogency, rigor, rigour, validity | the quality of being valid and rigorous. |
| ~ believability, credibility, credibleness | the quality of being believable or trustworthy. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness | excessive sternness.; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" |
| ~ sternness, strictness | uncompromising resolution. |
| severity | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. badness, severeness, severity | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather. |
| ~ intensiveness, intensity | high level or degree; the property of being intense. |
| ~ raininess, foulness | (of weather) the badness of the weather.; "they were wearied with the foulness of the weather" |
| ~ distressfulness, seriousness | the quality of arousing fear or distress.; "he learned the seriousness of his illness" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. austereness, severeness, severity | extreme plainness. |
| ~ plainness | the appearance of being plain and unpretentious. |
| restrict | | |
| v. (change) | 1. curb, curtail, cut back, restrict | place restrictions on.; "curtail drinking in school" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| ~ abridge | lessen, diminish, or curtail.; "the new law might abridge our freedom of expression" |
| ~ immobilise, immobilize | cause to be unable to move.; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" |
| v. (social) | 2. restrict | place under restrictions; limit access to.; "This substance is controlled" |
| ~ classify | declare unavailable, as for security reasons.; "Classify these documents" |
| ~ taboo | declare as sacred and forbidden. |
| ~ scant, skimp | limit in quality or quantity. |
| ~ localise, localize | restrict something to a particular area. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (change) | 3. bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| ~ tighten, reduce | narrow or limit.; "reduce the influx of foreigners" |
| ~ tie | limit or restrict to.; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" |
| ~ gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment. |
| ~ draw a line, draw the line | reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on).; "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" |
| ~ mark off, mark out | set boundaries to and delimit.; "mark out the territory" |
| ~ harness, rein, rule | keep in check.; "rule one's temper" |
| ~ baffle, regulate | check the emission of (sound). |
| ~ hamper, cramp, halter, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of.; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| ~ tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten | restrict.; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" |
| ~ clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable).; "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" |
| ~ inhibit | limit the range or extent of.; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" |
| ~ constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain | hold back. |
| ~ curb, control, hold in, contain, moderate, check, hold | lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits.; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" |
| v. (change) | 4. qualify, restrict | make more specific.; "qualify these remarks" |
| ~ modify | make less severe or harsh or extreme.; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
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