Austere: alternatives and connections

Abstaining from wine.

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Abstaining from wine.

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To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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To lament; to bewail; to complain.

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Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

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The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

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Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

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Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

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Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.

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Serious in feeeling or manner; sedate; grave; austere; not light, lively, or cheerful.

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Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta; hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.

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Stiff; rigid.

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The black tern.

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