From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sobriety \So*bri"e*ty\, n. [L. sobrietas: cf. F. sobri['e]t['e].
See {Sober}.]
1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of
spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
[1913 Webster]
Public sobriety is a relative duty. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or
overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity;
seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
[1913 Webster]
Mirth makes them not mad,
Nor sobriety sad. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness;
moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness;
sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity;
seriousness; solemnity.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sobriety
n 1: the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
[syn: {soberness}, {sobriety}] [ant: {drunkenness},
{inebriation}, {inebriety}, {insobriety}, {intoxication},
{tipsiness}]
2: moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs [syn:
{sobriety}, {dryness}]
3: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: {graveness},
{gravity}, {sobriety}, {soberness}, {somberness},
{sombreness}]
4: abstaining from excess [syn: {sobriety}, {temperance}]
|
