pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; ascetic practices

[ Syn: ascetical ]

someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

[ Syn: abstainer ]

practicing great self-denial; Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it- William James; a desert nomads austere life; a spartan diet; a spartan existence

[ Syn: ascetical , austere , spartan ]