Noun
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNobody ever rioted for austerity. George Monbiot
This is taking place inside Europe. This is taking place inside a once great nation. The nation that invented democracy. We are on the edge of total social breakdown. And frankly, as far as the euro is concerned and the austerity measures are concerned, the medicine is killing the patient. Nigel Farage
After so much austerity I have known that the highest truth is this: He is present in every being! These are all in manifold forms of him. There is no other God to seek for! He alone is worshipping God, who serves all beings! Swami Vivekananda
Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are. Alexis Tsipras
The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity. Abraham Kuyper
Austerity is an ornament, humility is honorable. Hindi Proverb