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Noun: austerity  o'ste-ru-tee [N. Amer], ó'ste-ru-tee or o'ste-ru-tee [Brit]
  1. The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
    "a new budget of unaccustomed austerity";
    - asceticism, nonindulgence

Derived forms: austerities

Type of: self-denial, self-discipline

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