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austerities

noun

Meaning

  1. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
  2. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
  3. A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
  4. Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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