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Noun: rigorism  'ri-gu`ri-zum
  1. Strictness in ethical principles; - usually applied to ascetic ethics, and opposed to ethical latitudinarianism
     
  2. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; - opposed to laxity

Derived forms: rigorisms

Encyclopedia: Rigorism