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ascetic

adjective
  1. practicing great self-denial
    “Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it- William James”
    asceticalausterespartan
  2. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
    “ascetic practices”
    ascetical
noun
  1. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
    abstainer