Stiffness (5 letters)

{ Answer }

RIGOR

{ Related Clues }

Asperity
Austerity
Difficulty
Discipline
Exactitude
Hardship
Harshness
Severity
Strictness
Stringency
Demanding standard
Extreme hardship
Ordeal's quality
Strict precision

{ Tags }

asperity, austerity, boot, camp, demanding, difficulty, exactitude, experience, hardship, harshness, inflexibility, martinets, ordeals, precision, quality, rigor, severity, stiffness, strict, strictness, stringency

{ Notes }

The answer RIGOR is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RIGOR as a noun:

1. (asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigour, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness) = something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

2. (cogency, validity, rigor, rigour) = the quality of being logically valid

3. (severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness) = excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"