Soberness

so·ber  (sbr)

adj. so·ber·er, so·ber·est

1. Habitually abstemious in the use of alcoholic liquors or drugs; temperate.

2. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of drugs.

3. Plain or subdued: sober attire.

4. Devoid of frivolity, excess, exaggeration, or speculative imagination; straightforward: gave a sober assessment of the situation.

5. Marked by seriousness, gravity, or solemnity of conduct or character. See Synonyms at serious.

6. Marked by circumspection and self-restraint.

tr. & intr.v. so·bered, so·ber·ing, so·bers

To make or become sober.

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[Middle English, from Old French sobre, from Latin sbrius; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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sober·ly adv.

sober·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	soberness - the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol sobriety temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time drunkenness, inebriety, insobriety, tipsiness, intoxication, inebriation - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
	2.	soberness - a manner that is serious and solemn graveness, gravity, sobriety, somberness, sombreness serious-mindedness, earnestness, seriousness, sincerity - the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice stodginess, stuffiness - dull and pompous gravity