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Austerity

Austerity Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Austerity? [n] the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Austerity: asceticism \| nonindulgence Related Terms \| Find terms related to Austerity: abstinence \| Albigensianism \| anchoritic monasticism \| anchoritism \| asceticism \| astringency \| austerity program \| authoritarianism \| baldness \| bareness \| candor \| canniness \| care \| carefulness \| Catharism \| chariness \| common speech \| demandingness \| directness \| discipline \| economic planning \| economicalness \| economy \| economy of means \| eremitism \| exactingness \| exiguity \| exiguousness \| false economy \| fasting \| flagellation \| forehandedness \| Franciscanism \| frankness \| frugality \| frugalness \| good management \| grimness \| hardness \| harshness \| homespun \| household words \| husbandry \| inclemency \| inornateness \| jejuneness \| jejunity \| leanness \| Lenten fare \| maceration \| management \| matter-of-factness \| meagerness \| meanness \| mendicantism \| meticulousness \| miserliness \| monachism \| monasticism \| mortification \| narrowness \| naturalness \| niggardliness \| openness \| paltriness \| parsimoniousness \| parsimony \| plain English \| plain speaking \| plain speech \| plain style \| plain words \| plainness \| prosaicness \| prosiness \| providence \| prudence \| prudential administration \| puniness \| puritanism \| regimentation \| restrainedness \| rigid discipline \| rigor \| roughness \| ruggedness \| rustic style \| Sabbatarianism \| scantiness \| scantness \| scrawniness \| scrimpiness \| self-denial \| self-mortification \| severity \| simpleness \| simplicity \| skimpiness \| slenderness \| slightness \| slim pickings \| slimness \| smallness \| soberness \| spareness \| sparingness \| Spartan simplicity \| Spartanism \| starkness \| sternness \| stinginess \| straightforwardness \| strictness \| stringency \| thinness \| thrift \| thriftiness \| tight purse strings \| toughness \| Trappism \| unadorned style \| unadornedness \| unaffectedness \| unelaborateness \| unfanciness \| unfussiness \| ungentleness \| unimaginativeness \| unpoeticalness \| unwastefulness \| vernacular \| voluntary poverty \| Waldensianism \| Yoga See Also \| monasticism \| self-denial \| self-discipline Austerity In Webster's Dictionary \Auster"ity\, n.; pl. {Austerities}. [F. aust['e]rit['e], L. austerias, fr. austerus. See {Austere}.] 1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs.] --Horsley. 2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. --Milton. 3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. --Hawthorne.

Austerity Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Austerity?

[n] the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Austerity: asceticism | nonindulgence

See Also | monasticism | self-denial | self-discipline

Austerity In Webster's Dictionary

\Aus*ter"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Austerities}. [F.
aust['e]rit['e], L. austerias, fr. austerus. See {Austere}.]
1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs.] --Horsley.

2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness;
   harsh discipline.

         The austerity of John the Baptist.    --Milton.

3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.

         Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress,
         and partly to the lack of demonstration in her
         manners.                              --Hawthorne.

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