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nonindulgence

DEFINITIONS OF: nonindulgence

1

n the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

Synonyms:
asceticism, austerity
Types:
monasticism
asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
eremitism
monasticism characterized by solitude in which the social dimension of life is sacrificed to the primacy of religious experience
Type of:
self-denial, self-discipline
the trait of practicing self discipline
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