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ascetic
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adjective (a)

  • pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline(adj.pert)
    Example:
    Ascetic practices.
    Synonym:
    ascetical
    source: wordnet30
  • Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    abstainer
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • practicing great self-denial(adj.all)
    Example:
    Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it.
    Synonym:
    ascetical, austere, spartan
    source: wordnet30
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