Austerity, asceticism. Obsolete.

Austere quality or character; harshness, sternness, severity; (also) severe self-denial, asceticism.

Severe self-denial or self-restraint; moral strictness; rigorous abstinence, asceticism.

Austere quality, state, or condition; (in plural) duties, observances, etc., of an austere or exacting character.

Strictness or austerity of life, morals, etc.

Severity.

The principles or practice of the Ascetics; rigorous self-discipline, severe abstinence, austerity.

= asceticism, n.