sobriety
sobriety is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years. Mirth makes them not mad, Nor sobriety sad. Denham.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- calmness
- coolness
- gravity
- moderation
- regularity
- sedateness
- seriousness
- sober-mindeness
- soberness
- solemnity
- staidness
- steadness
- temperance
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abnegation
- abstain
- abstainer
- abstemious
- abstemiousness
- abstinence
- abstinent
- alcoholic
- are
- band
- become
- bring
- come
- compass
- deny
- down
- driver
- dry
- enough
- forbear
- forbearance
- frugal
- frugality
- gymnosophist
- had
- has
- hope
- interval
- judge
- know
- limit
- lucid
- lucidity
- measured
- mind
- moderate
- moderation
- off
- one
- oneself
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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