non•in•dul•gent
We found 1 definitions of nonindulgent from 1 different sources.
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nonindulgent - characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint | ||
strict | ||
indulgent being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude" | ||
abstemious sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy | ||
austere, stern of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face" | ||
puritanic, puritanical, blue of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism | ||
disciplinal, corrective, disciplinary tending or intended to correct or counteract or restore to a normal condition; "corrective measures"; "corrective lenses" | ||
monkish befitting a monk; inclined to self-denial | ||
renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying used especially of behavior | ||
self-disciplined, self-restraining used of nonindulgent persons |