Definitions from Wiktionary (ascesis)
▸ noun: (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
▸ noun: (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.
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▸ noun: (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
▸ noun: (Christianity, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism, specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.
Similar:
apostasy,
self-abasement,
self-renunciation,
ascension,
self-ordination,
sadhana,
akousma,
discipline,
ascent,
self-chastisement,
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Adjectives:
christian,
spiritual,
monastic,
such,
intellectual,
true,
personal,
buddhist,
certain,
moral,
religious
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