Sobriety
[sə'braɪətɪ] or [sə'braɪəti]
Definition
(noun.) abstaining from excess.
(noun.) moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs.
Typed by Emile--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
(n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
Editor: Upton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Temperance, abstemiousness, abstinence.[2]. Calmness, coolness, sedateness, soberness, demureness, thoughtfulness, gravity.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Soberness, temperance, abstemiousness
ANT:Intemperance
Editor: Madge
Examples
- Remember that cleanliness, sobriety, and even good-humour and benevolence, are our best medicines. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I tell you, he's a regular hearse for blackness and sobriety, and will drive you like a funeral, if you want. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It's all godliness, sobriety, and a moral life. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It deserves to be remarked, too, that if we consult experience, the cheapness of wine seems to be a cause, not of drunkenness, but of sobriety. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus must I soon again listen and wander; and this shadow of the future stole with timely sobriety across the radiant present. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Jo had sudden fits of sobriety, and was seen to shake her fist at Mr. Brooke's umbrella, which had been left in the hall. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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