Spin result, suppressing democratic rigour (9)

I believe the answer is:

precision

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'suppressing democratic rigour' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'spin result' is the wordplay.
'spin' becomes 'PR' (public relations).
'result' becomes 'ecision' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pr'+'ecision'='PRECISION'

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(Other definitions for precision that I've seen before include "Care" , "Exactness, sharpness" , "Exactitude" , "Accuracy, exactness" , "Meticulousness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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