ascesis

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism.
2. (countable, specifically, uncountable) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God.

Synonyms

asceticism

abnegation

Translations

Selbstdisziplin

αυτοπειθαρχία

ascèse

ascétisme

autodiscipline

autodisciplina

ascese

ascetismo

ascética

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsiːsɪs/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ascesis, or directly from its etymon, Ancient Greek ἄσκησις (áskēsis, “exercise, training”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “to exercise, practise, train”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, suffix forming abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process).