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Ascetic

əˈsɛtɪk

Ascetic definitions

adjective

Inflections:

ascetic

characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons

"an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour"

Synonyms:
austere self-denying abstinent abstemious non-indulgent self-disciplined frugal simple rigorous strict severe hair-shirt spartan monastic monkish monklike nunlike

noun

Inflections:

ascetic ascetics

a person who follows an ascetic life

Synonyms:
abstainer recluse hermit solitary anchorite anchoress desert saint celibate puritan nun monk