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austerity
1. n. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
2. n. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
3. n. (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
4. n. (obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.

Example Sentences

The austerity measures that many city governments have implemented are hugely unpopular.

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