1
counterbalancing
1
countervailing
1
dry(adjective, ascetic)
1
franciscan(adjective, ascetic)
1
hermit-like(adjective, ascetic)
1
humbled
1
indemnificatory
1
lenten(adjective, ascetic)
1
lustral
1
lustrational
1
lustrative
1
miserly(adjective, ascetic)
1
monastic(adjective, ascetic)
1
offsetting
1
parsimonious(adjective, ascetic)
1
penance
1
penitently
1
pitiful(adjective, sad, unhappy, apologetic)
1
propitiatory
1
purgative
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