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noun, plural -ties.
1.
austere quality; severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness.
2.
Usually, austerities. ascetic practices: austerities of monastery life.
3.
strict economy.
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Example Sentences
- There is no evidence of austerity, no look of miserliness.
- The paleness of his countenance bespoke the austerity of his life.
- The new regime imposed iron austerity and crushing taxes.
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Word Origin & History
austerity
mid-14c., "sternness, harshness," from O.Fr. austerite (14c.), from L.L. austeritatem (nom. austeritas), from austerus (see austere). Of severe self-discipline, from 1580s; hence "severe simplicity" (1875); applied during WWII to national policies limiting non-essentials as a wartime economy.
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