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austerity: the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

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thrift collapse: any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

parsimony collapse: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

frugality collapse: prudence in avoiding waste

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

husbandry collapse

slim pickings collapse

canniness collapse

regimentation collapse: the imposition of order or discipline

providence collapse: the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence"; the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources; the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University; a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

household words collapse

monasticism collapse: asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

plain English collapse

stringency collapse: a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit

stoicism collapse: an indifference to pleasure or pain; (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

scantiness collapse

fasting collapse

flagellation collapse

exiguity collapse

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

temperance collapse: the act of tempering; the trait of avoiding excesses

inclemency collapse

asperity collapse: harshness of manner; something hard to endure; "the asperity of northern winters"

meticulousness collapse: strict attention to minute details

astringency collapse: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids; a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

prudence collapse: discretion in practical affairs

mortification collapse: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

management collapse: the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"; those in charge of running a business

frankness collapse: the trait of being blunt and outspoken

self-denial collapse: the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses

thinness collapse: a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"; relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; "the tenuity of a hair"; "the thinness of a rope"

abstinence collapse: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite; the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)

directness collapse: trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

candor collapse: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

naturalness collapse: the likeness of a representation to the thing represented; "engineers strove to increase the naturalness of recorded music"; the quality of being natural or based on natural principles; "he accepted the naturalness of death"; "the spontaneous naturalness of his manner"

vernacular collapse: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)

hardness collapse: the quality of being difficult to do; "he assigned a series of problems of increasing hardness"; "the ruggedness of his exams caused half the class to fail"; the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

smallness collapse: the property of having relatively little strength or vigor; "the smallness of her voice"; the property of having a relatively small size; the property of being a relatively small amount; "he was attracted by the smallness of the taxes"

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