noun

the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness.

he scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality and simplicity

thriftiness,carefulness,scrimping and saving,conservation,good management,caution,prudence,providence,canniness,abstemiousness,abstinence,austerity,asceticism,self-discipline,restraint,moderation,puritanism,monasticism,monkishness,miserliness,meanness,parsimoniousness,niggardliness,close-fistedness,tight-fistedness,tightness,stinginess,sparingness