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ascetical
adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the
practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic
practices" [syn: ascetic]
2: 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 nomad's
austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
[syn: ascetic, austere, spartan]