Spin result, suppressing democratic rigour (9)
I believe the answer is:
precision
'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'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for precision that I've seen before include "Care" , "Exactness, sharpness" , "Exactitude" , "Accuracy, exactness" , "Meticulousness" .)