Austerity | Mean of austerity in English Dictionary

/ɑˈsterəti/

• Noun
• a simple and plain quality
1. the austerity of the design
2. The austerity of their lifestyle was surprising.
• a situation in which there is not much money and it is spent only on things that are necessary
1. They lived through years of austerity after the war.
2. The government has announced a series of austerity measures. [=things done to save money during difficult economic times]
3. an austerity program
• things that are done to live in a simple and plain way
1. the austerities practiced by monks