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ascetic

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adjective

not allowing oneself pleasures and comforts; having or involving a very austere life [Barron's]
austere in appearance, manner, or attitude [Taisha]
practicing self-denial, austere, stark [Nandigam]

noun

one who practices rigid self-denial, especially as an act of religious devotion [Princeton Review]

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