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austerity
(encz) | austerity,odříkavost |
austerity
(encz) | austerity,prostota |
austerity
(encz) | austerity,strohost |
austerity
(encz) | austerity,úsporná opatření |
Austerity
(gcide) | Austerity \Aus*ter"i*ty\, n.; pl. Austerities. [F.
aust['e]rit['e], L. austerias, fr. austerus. See Austere.]
1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs.] --Horsley.
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2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness;
harsh discipline.
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The austerity of John the Baptist. --Milton.
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3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
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Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress,
and partly to the lack of demonstration in her
manners. --Hawthorne.
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austerity
(wn) | austerity
n 1: the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from
worldly pleasures) [syn: austerity, asceticism,
nonindulgence] |
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