cynicism†, austerity; total abstinence; nephalism†.
mortification, maceration, sackcloth and ashes, flagellation;
penance &c 952; fasting &c 956; martyrdom.
ascetic; anchoret†, anchorite; martyr; Heautontimorumenos†; hermit
&c (recluse) 893; puritan, sabbatarian†, cynic, sanyasi†, yogi.
Adj. ascetic, austere, puritanical; cynical; over-religious; acerbic.