Austerity and Spending

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Austerity

Austerity noun - The trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures).
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Spending is an antonym for austerity in topics: severity, grimness, refraining.
Nearby Words: austere, austerely

Spending

Spending noun - The act of spending or disbursing money.
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Austerity is an antonym for spending.
Nearby Words: spend, spender, spendable
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  • This led to Britain's first peacetime coalition between the Conservatives (largely centre-right) and the Liberal Democrats (somewhat more centrist than the previous centre-left Labour government) and the implementation of austerity economics, including widespread cuts to government spending.
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