austerity synonyms

austerity

n.

sternness, severity, strictness, harshness, asperity, hardness, grimness, stiffness, seriousness, rigidity, uncompromisingness, formality, gravity, rigor, asceticism, self-denial, self-discipline, abstemiousness, puritanism, plainness, simplicity, spareness, starkness, Spartanism, belt-tightening*.

Antonyms mercy*, luxury*, casualness.

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