sobriety
playSimple Definition of sobriety
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: the state of not being drunk
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: the quality of being serious
Examples of sobriety in a sentence
They did a sobriety test on him.
the sobriety of the situation
Origin and Etymology of sobriety
Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius
First Known Use: 15th century
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