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Asceticism
01
rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint
02
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
03
a practice that advocates letting go of all the material, mortal, or pleasurable things in order to enrich one's faith and spiritual abilities
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She admired the asceticism of the hermit living in the mountains.
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