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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.