abstemiousness

nouns

restricted to bare necessities
abstemiousness
is derived from
abstemious
is a type of (narrower)
the quality of being meager
"an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot
exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
moderation in eating and drinking
abstemiousness
is derived from
abstemious
is a type of (narrower)
the trait of avoiding excesses
moderation, temperance
is an attribute of
sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
"the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
abstemious