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English to English adjective
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pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline |  | Example: ascetic practices
source: wordnet30
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Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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practicing great self-denial | | Example: Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it
a desert nomad's austere life
a spartan diet
a spartan existence
source: wordnet30 noun
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someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline | | source: wordnet30
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In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things. | | source: webster1913
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