Main entry: abstainer, ascetic
Definition: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Main entry: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan
Definition: practicing great self-denial
Usage: 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
Main entry: ascetic, ascetical
Definition: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
Usage: ascetic practices