'ascetic' definitions:
Definition of 'ascetic'
From: WordNet
adjective
Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" [syn: ascetic, ascetical]
adjective
Practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan]
noun
Someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline [syn: abstainer, ascetic]