Thesaurus: asceticism

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1. n. The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
2. n. the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
3. n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
4. n. rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
5. n:100 n. the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state n. rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint