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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. --Milton. 3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. --Hawthorne. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: austerity n : the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures) [syn: {asceticism}, {nonindulgence}]
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