sobriety
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.so·bri·ety
noun \sə-ˈbrī-ə-tē, sō-\Definition of SOBRIETY
: the quality or state of being sober
See Examples of SOBRIETY
- They did a sobriety test on him.
- the sobriety of the situation
Origin of SOBRIETY
Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to SOBRIETY
- Synonyms
- earnest, graveness, gravity, intentness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, soberness, earnestness, solemnity, solemnness, staidness
- Antonyms
- facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, play, unseriousness
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