transcription, транскрипция: [ əˈsetɪk ]
n. & adj. --n. a person who practises severe self-discipline and abstains from all forms of pleasure, esp. for religious or spiritual reasons. --adj. relating to or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; abstaining from pleasure. øøascetically adv. asceticism n. [med.L asceticus or Gk asketikos f. asketes monk f. askeo exercise]