- (a.) Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
- (a.) Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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