Associations to the word «Ascetic»
Noun
- Chastity
- Sutra
- Seclusion
- Layman
- Awakening
- Nara
- Protestantism
- Sanctity
- Karma
- Veneration
- Confessor
- Spiritual
- Cistercian
- Embodiment
- Seer
- Indulgence
- Recitation
- Moderation
- Puritan
- Disco
- Compassion
- Attainment
- Hindu
- Precept
- Heresy
- Moral
- Rebirth
- Mana
- Striving
- Maratha
- Syrian
- Vigil
- Confucianism
- Prophet
- Weber
- Baba
- Antony
- Wilt
- Capitalism
- Divine
- Treatise
- Siena
- Swami
- Mughal
- Believer
- Healer
- Tain
- Thou
- Antioch
- Maximus
- Benedictine
- Rabbinic
- Preaching
- Tranquillity
- Dwelling
- Manu
- Hasan
- Wilderness
- Cen
- Tendency
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ASCETIC, adjective. Of or relating to ascetics; characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
ASCETIC, noun. One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
Dictionary definition
ASCETIC, noun. Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline.
ASCETIC, adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices".
ASCETIC, adjective. Practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.