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Meanings of nonindulgence in English

Portuguese
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austeritat

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

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Examples for "austerity"
Examples for "austerity"
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The real question for all 28 countries now is: is austerity working?
The Guardian
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Its economy is expected to shrink this year due to austerity measures.
Reuters
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Ireland has been seen as the poster child of austerity in Europe.
BBC
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Germany has been pushing for budget austerity in other euro zone countries.
Reuters
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He said the priority should therefore be securing growth rather than austerity.
Reuters
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According to him, the ideal of Christianity was the ideal of asceticism.
Heretics
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Athleticism in England is an asceticism, as much as the monastic rules.
Twelve Types
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It combines sublimity with asceticism and wickedness, in a most marvellous manner.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
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III.-Hedoes not touch upon Happiness; probably he would lean to asceticism.
Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
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The self-asceticism, and most probably the mother-complex cannot be passed without mention.
The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
Translations for nonindulgence
Portuguese
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