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AUSTERITY
austerity, asceticism, nonindulgence
(noun) the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
austerity (countable and uncountable, plural austerities)
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Antonyms
• (severity of manners or life): comfort
Source: Wiktionary
Aus*ter"i*ty, n.; pl. Austplwies (. Etym: [F. austérité, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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