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Synonyms for austerity

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Synonyms for austerity

the fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing

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Synonyms for austerity

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

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To speak the truth, even with some austerity, to live with some rigor of temperance, or some extremes of generosity, seems to be an asceticism which common good-nature would appoint to those who are at ease and in plenty, in sign that they feel a brotherhood with the great multitude of suffering men.
He examined my face, I thought, with austerity, as I came near: the traces of tears were doubtless very visible upon it.
Bear in mind, and let it not escape thy memory, how she receives thee; if she changes colour while thou art giving her my message; if she is agitated and disturbed at hearing my name; if she cannot rest upon her cushion, shouldst thou haply find her seated in the sumptuous state chamber proper to her rank; and should she be standing, observe if she poises herself now on one foot, now on the other; if she repeats two or three times the reply she gives thee; if she passes from gentleness to austerity, from asperity to tenderness; if she raises her hand to smooth her hair though it be not disarranged.
In less than five minutes they had thus revealed to me their characters, and in less than five minutes I had buckled on a breast-plate of steely indifference, and let down a visor of impassible austerity.
Islamabad -- According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, overwhelming majority of Pakistanis (82%) favor the closure of VIP wards in hospitals as an austerity measure.
According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, overwhelming majority of Pakistanis (82%) favour the closure of VIP wards in hospitals as an austerity measure.
ISLMABAD -- The government has imposed a ban on the creation of new posts and purchase of all types of vehicles during the current fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 as part of its austerity plan.
LAHORE -- The Punjab government has issued a new austerity policy, under which provincial ministers and government officials won't be allowed to make foreign government visits using state funds during the fiscal year 2020-2019.
ISLAMABAD -- Senator Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Faisal Javed on Wednesday said that the austerity measures taken by the government had proved the loyalty of the Khan-led government with masses and the country too.
ISLAMABAD: Senator Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Faisal Javed on Wednesday said that the austerity measures taken by the government had proved the loyalty of the Khan-led government with masses and the country too.
APROPOS the editorial 'Politics of austerity' (June 11).
MSP Tom Arthur has criticised the UK Government after the UN claimed the country's social security net had been 'badly damaged' by austerity.
This week, Philip Alston, the UN's Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty, released a damning 21-page report into Tory austerity in the UK.
Summary: The 2019 draft state budget will not be discussed at Thursday's Cabinet session because it has not been distributed to ministers, signaling that an accord is still lacking on the austerity measures the government plans to take to reduce the deficit, sources said Wednesday.