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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol;
[syn: soberness, sobriety]

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]