VOLUPTUOUSNESSES Antonyms

• the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state

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

• rigorous self-denial and active self-restraint

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

• abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

• morality with respect to sexual relations

• prudence in avoiding waste

• freedom from vanity or conceit

• formality and propriety of manner

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

• discipline in personal and social activities

• the state of being physically constrained

• a rule or condition that limits freedom

• lack of ornamentation

• a device that retards something's motion

• the quality of being simple or uncompounded

• a lack of penetration or subtlety

• absence of affectation or pretense

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• lack of ornamentation

• the trait of avoiding excesses

• abstaining from excess

• the act of tempering