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ascesis Noun

[Subject: Religion]

- The doctrine that through the renunciation of the desires of the flesh and of pleasure in worldly things and through self-mortification or self-denial one can subdue his appetites and discipline himself so as to reach a high spiritual or intellectual state.

Translated by: ROBERT GRIGOR BAXTER

Synonym: asceticism
Synonym: askesis

Translated in 22 languages

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	Italian	ascesi
	Spanish	ascetismo
	French	ascèse
	Russian	аскеза
	Arabic	زهد; نسك; تصوف
	Albanian	ushtrime asketizmi
	Catalan	ascetisme
	Danish	askese
	Esperanto	asketeco
	Finnish	askeesi
	Galician	ascetismo; ascese
	Greek	άσκησις
	Hindi	तपस्या
	Latin	ascesis
	Old Greek	ἄσκησις
	Persian	رياضت
	Polish	asceza
	Romagnolo	grèzia
	Slovak	askéza; exkomunikácia
	Swedish	askes
	Turkish	çilecilik

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