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1ascetic — I. a. Austere, rigid, severe, stern, puritan ical, over renunciatory, over self denying, self mortifying, over abstinent. II. n. Recluse, hermit, anchoret, anchorite, solitary, solitaire, eremite, devotee, mortifier of the flesh …
2Buddhism — Buddhist, n., adj. Buddhistic, Buddhistical, adj. Buddhistically, adv. /booh diz euhm, bood iz /, n. a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that… …
3Jainism — /juy niz euhm/, n. a dualistic religion founded in the 6th century B.C. as a revolt against current Hinduism and emphasizing the perfectibility of human nature and liberation of the soul, esp. through asceticism and nonviolence toward all living… …
4New school hip hop — KRS One represented the political element of new school hip hop …
5Der Ring des Nibelungen: Composition of the music — The composition of the operatic tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung occupied Richard Wagner for more than a quarter of a century. Conceived around 1848, the work was not finished until 1874, fewer than two years before the entire cycle was given… …
6Treaty of Brétigny — The Treaty of Brétigny was a treaty signed on May 8, 1360, between King Edward III of England and King John II (the Good) of France. The treaty was signed at Brétigny, a village near Chartres, and marked the end of the first phase of the Hundred… …
7vows — (vratas) Vows or vratas are a central feature of Hinduism and JAINISM. They are undertaken for myriad reasons, but always with the desire of pleasing the divinity. Vows are often taken to do a par ticular thing in exchange for help from God.… …
8breakaway — Synonyms and related words: Bohemian, abjuratory, alienated, antagonistic, antiestablishment, antipathetic, apostasy, at odds with, at variance with, backsliding, beat, betrayal, bolt, clashing, conflicting, contradicting, contradictory, counter… …
9relinquishment — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Giving up Nouns 1. (of an object) relinquishment, abandonment, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; resignation, abdication; abnegation, rejection; riddance. See discontinuance,… …
