Definition of sobriety
: the quality or state of being sober
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Examples of sobriety in a Sentence
They did a sobriety test on him.
the sobriety of the situation
Recent Examples of sobriety from the Web
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Hughett was arrested after field sobriety tests were administered.
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The officer said Berry failed a number of field sobriety tests.
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Local officers, with assistance from the California Highway Patrol, conducted 30 field sobriety tests during the checkpoint, which ran from 8 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Newport Boulevard and Flower Street.
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Vaughn, 48, was busted early in the morning in Manhattan Beach after failing a field sobriety test that was captured with officers’ body cameras, Sgt.
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Vaughn, 48, was busted early in the morning in Manhattan Beach after failing a field sobriety test that was captured with officers' body cameras, Sgt.
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Burdecki refused field sobriety tests as well as refused to give a blood sample — a warrant was issued, which forced a blood draw.
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At the scene, she was checked out by the Seminole County Fire Department and later agreed to a field sobriety test with Altamonte Springs officers, police said.
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Housing-first programs are controversial; many shelters and supportive housing programs require some level of sobriety before entering.
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Origin and Etymology of sobriety
Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearsobriety Synonyms
Synonyms
earnest, earnestness, graveness, gravity, intentness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness, staidness;
Antonyms
facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, play, unseriousness;
Near Antonyms
lightness, shallowness, superficiality;
cheerfulness, gaiety (also gayety), glee, high-spiritedness, merriment, mirth;
Related Words
decisiveness, deliberation, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolve;
absorption, attentiveness, concentration, engrossment, enthrallment, immersion, intensity;
SOBRIETY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of sobriety for English Language Learners
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: the state of not being drunk
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: the quality of being serious
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