lenten
Forty days' abstinence
Lenten means relating to Lent, the Christian period of fasting and penitence before Easter.
A lenten meal is simple and spare, reflecting the traditional abstinence of the season.
The word extends to anything austere or meager: a lenten diet, lenten pleasures.
Often capitalized when referring directly to the religious observance.
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- meatlessWithout animal flesh
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
- self-denialRestraining one's own desires
moderation · frugality · simplicity · austerity · vegetarian · sacrifice · discipline · temperance
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
- absolutionFormal clearing of guilt
atonement · expiation · remorse · guilt · purification · redemption · sackcloth · ashes
Address to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
self-examination · silence · solitude · retreat · spirituality · devotion · piety · discernment
abstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
- meatlessWithout animal flesh
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
self-denial · moderation · frugality · simplicity · austerity · vegetarian · sacrifice · discipline · temperance · sobriety
penance
Self-mortification for wrongdoing
- contritionRemorseful state over misdeeds
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- confessionAdmission of wrongdoing
absolution · atonement · expiation · remorse · guilt · purification · redemption · sackcloth · ashes · humility
prayer
Address to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- reflectionReturned light or thought
introspection · self-examination · silence · solitude · retreat · spirituality · devotion · piety · discernment · scripture
Easter
Resurrection commemoration day
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- liturgyFormal worship structure
Mass · Eucharist · chrism · catechumen · RCIA · baptismal · elect
spring
Recoiling metal spiral
lentenindulgent
Too willing to yield
lavish · sumptuous · gluttonous · extravagant · luxurious
lentenfestive
Cheerfully celebratory
celebratory · joyous · merry · jubilant · carnival
lentenpaschal
Of Easter observance
Easter · Eastertide · Christmastide · Christmas · carnival
- lent a handProvided voluntary assistance
- lent an earListened with care
- Lenten fastReligious pre-Easter restraint
- lent support
- Lenten seasonPre-Easter penitential period
- Lenten fastingPre-Easter dietary abstinence