NONINDULGENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonindulgence mean? 

• NONINDULGENCE (noun)
  The noun NONINDULGENCE has 1 sense:

1. the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)

  Familiarity information: NONINDULGENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONINDULGENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

asceticism; austerity; nonindulgence

Hypernyms ("nonindulgence" is a kind of...):

self-denial; self-discipline (the trait of practicing self discipline)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonindulgence"):

monasticism (asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience)

Derivation:

nonindulgent (characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint)