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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The truck’s driver underwent a field sobriety test.
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Consenting to field sobriety tests, Amato was unable to recite the alphabet or keep her balance.
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She was not injured and passed all field sobriety tests.
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So the police rely on other, observable measurements, like field sobriety tests.
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Matte refused to submit to a breath test, failed a field sobriety test and was arrested.
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Donald Decker, a retired Marblehead police officer and coordinator for the state’s Drug Recognition Expert program, said officers can find probable cause even without a field sobriety test.
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Cops smelled alcohol on Margera, and administered field sobriety tests, which pro skateboarder failed.
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The police report blocked out a few parts of the incident including what the officer witnessed of Noak’s driving, much of what occurred after he was pulled over and what sobriety tests were given.
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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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