[syn: graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombreness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Soberness \So"ber*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being sober.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
soberness
n 1: the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
[syn: soberness, sobriety] [ant: drunkenness,
inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication,
tipsiness]
2: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness,
gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness,
sombreness]