Another word for austerity
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Noun
The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing
- The state or quality of being hard (in various senses)
- The relative resistance of a mineral to scratching, as measured by the Mohs scale.
- The relative resistance of a metal or other material to denting, scratching, or bending.
- The quality of being harsh.
- The quality or state of being rigid.
- In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
- The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- Strictness or severity, as in action or judgment:
- (Medicine) Shivering or trembling, as caused by a chill.
- Harshness or severity
- The property of being rigorous, strictness.
- Rigid accuracy
- The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.
- Strictness; harshness
- (Uncountable) The state of being tough
- (Physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
- A formidable difficulty
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Another word for austerity
Noun
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- The act or an instance of severe behavior, especially punishment.
- Strictness; harshness
- Gravity, as of expression
- The quality of being harsh.
- Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.
- Roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, weather, etc. or of circumstances
- Severity; rigor.
- The state or quality of being hard (in various senses)
- The relative resistance of a mineral to scratching, as measured by the Mohs scale.
- The relative resistance of a metal or other material to denting, scratching, or bending.
- The characteristic or quality of being grim
- Inelegance, lacking relaxedness.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
- The state or quality of being serious.
- The quality or state of being rigid.
- In Economics: synonym for stickiness (of prices/wages etc.). Describing the tendency of prices and money wages to adjust to changes in the economy with a certain delay.
- The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form.
- The condition of being uncompromising
- An established form, rule, or custom, especially one followed merely for the sake of procedure or decorum.
- Rigorous or ceremonious adherence to established forms, rules, or customs.
- A formal or conventional act or requirement; ceremony or form, often without practical meaning
- Solemnity or sedateness of manner or character; earnestness
- Gravitation, esp. terrestrial gravitation; force that tends to draw all bodies in the earth's sphere toward the center of the earth
- Grave consequence; seriousness or importance:
- Strictness or severity, as in action or judgment:
- A standard or exacting requirement, as of a field of study:
- Harshness or severity
- The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
- The doctrine that the ascetic life releases the soul from bondage to the body and permits union with the divine.
- The practices or way of life of an ascetic
- Sacrifice of one's own desires or interests.
- Denial or sacrifice of one's own desires or pleasures
- The act of refusing to recognize unpleasant facts even when presented by one's self.
- The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- (Uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
- (Countable) The product or result of being plain
- Absence of elegance, embellishment, luxury, etc.; plainness
- The property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined.
- A simple state or quality, as of form or composition; freedom from intricacy or complexity
- Increased thrift and frugality; a reduction in spending.
- A reduction of expenditures; economizing
- (Informal) A reduction in expenditure as a result of financial restrictions
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