Flashcard sets with a 'austerity' term meaning 'n. 1. harshness to taste; astringent sourness; 2. harshness to the feelings; stern, rigorous, or severe treatment or demeanor; judicial severity; 3. rigor, rugged sternness; 4. severe self-discipline or self-restraint; moral strictness, rigorous abstinence, asceticism; 5. severely abstinent or ascetic practices; 6. severe simplicity; lack of luxury or adornment'

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