ASCESIS

asceticism, ascesis

(noun) rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

ascesis (countable and uncountable, plural asceses)

(Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.

(Christianity, chiefly, Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.

Anagrams

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12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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