Thesaurus: austerity

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1. n. Sourness and harshness to the taste.
2. n. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
3. n. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
4. n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
5. 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.
6. n:100 n. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)