Associations to the word «Austerity»
Noun
- Imf
- Penance
- Fasting
- Package
- Indra
- Rishi
- Recession
- Brahma
- Privatization
- Practise
- Cistercian
- Siva
- Deficit
- Veda
- Measure
- Observance
- Arjuna
- Karma
- Rigor
- Spending
- Chastity
- Brahman
- Abstinence
- Greece
- Simplicity
- Shiva
- Meditation
- Gdp
- Hermit
- Inflation
- Sanctity
- Dharma
- Unemployment
- Vow
- Debt
- Piety
- Cut
- Seclusion
- Hike
- Purity
- Hermitage
- Protest
- Crisis
- Defi
- Pomp
- Budget
- Devotion
- Benedictine
- Bargaining
- Yoga
- Perseverance
- Lent
- Cato
- Mantra
- Celestial
- Anti
- Hardship
- Manu
- Monk
- Buddha
- Devotee
- Luxury
- Creditor
- Enlightenment
- Sage
- Expenditure
- Severity
Adjective
Wiktionary
AUSTERITY, noun. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
AUSTERITY, noun. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
AUSTERITY, noun. (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
AUSTERITY, noun. (obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Dictionary definition
AUSTERITY, noun. The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.