2
monasticism
2
mortification(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
2
naturalness(simplicity, purity, ordinariness)
2
niggardliness(care, recession, saving, frugality, thrift)
2
obduracy(noun, severity, harshness, conformity, strictness)
2
openness(simplicity, purity, ordinariness)
2
oppressiveness(noun, severity)
2
poverty(lack, adversity, privation)
2
primitiveness(noun, severity, harshness, plainness, starkness)
2
privation(noun, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment)
2
providence(noun, decrease, care, restraint, caution)
2
purity(noun, simplicity, ordinariness)
2
ruggedness(noun, severity)
2
scrimping(noun, decrease, care, restraint, recession)
2
self-deprivation(noun, control, measure, restraint, simplicity)
2
seriousness(noun, severity, strictness, sternness)
2
sophrosyne(noun, caution, carefulness, forethought, farsightedness)
2
unfussiness(noun, minimalism)
2
want(noun, trouble, difficulty, lack, torment)
1
Herculean task(expression, trouble, worry, difficulty, torment)
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