rigidity.

1. Stiffness or resistance to bending and deformation.

2. Unwillingness or inability to adapt beliefs or behavior.

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• muscular rigidity

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Muscular rigidity locked the posture.

The frame’s rigidity prevented bending.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.