sobriety

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so·bri·e·ty

(sə-brī′ĭ-tē, sō-)

The state or condition of being sober: "three years of drug-free sobriety" (Ron Rosenbaum). See Synonyms at abstinence.

[Middle English sobriete, from Old French, from Latin sōbrietās, from sōbrius, sober; see sober.]

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sobriety

(səʊˈbraɪətɪ)

1. the state or quality of being sober

2. the quality of refraining from excess

3. the quality of being serious or sedate

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so•bri•e•ty

(səˈbraɪ ɪ ti, soʊ-)

n.

1. the state or quality of being sober.

2. temperance or moderation, esp. in the use of alcoholic beverages.

3. seriousness or solemnity.

[1375–1425; late Middle English sobrietie (< Old French sobriete) < Latin sōbrietās <sōbri(us) sober];

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Noun	1.	sobriety - the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol soberness temporary state - a state that continues for a limited time
	2.	sobriety - moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs dryness temperance, moderation - the trait of avoiding excesses
	3.	sobriety - a manner that is serious and solemn graveness, gravity, soberness, 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
	4.	sobriety - abstaining from excess temperance abstinence - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite

sobriety

noun

1. abstinence, temperance, abstemiousness, moderation, self-restraint, soberness, nonindulgence the boredom of a lifetime of sobriety

2. seriousness, gravity, steadiness, restraint, composure, coolness, calmness, solemnity, reasonableness, level-headedness, staidness, sedateness the values society depends upon, such as honesty, sobriety and trust

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sobriety

noun

1. High seriousness of manner or bearing:

graveness, gravity, sedateness, solemnity, solemnness, staidness.

2. The practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors:

abstinence, dryness, soberness, teetotalism, temperance.

Translations

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sobriety

[səʊˈbraɪətɪ] N

1. (= not being drunk) sobriety test > (US) → prueba f de alcoholemia

2. (= seriousness, sedateness) → seriedad f, sobriedad f

3. (= subdued nature) → sobriedad f, discreción f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sobriety

[səˈbraɪɪəti] n

(= not being drunk) → sobriété f

(= seriousness, sedateness) → sérieux m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sobriety

(= not being drunk) → Nüchternheit f; she maintained her sobriety for 7 years → sie hat 7 Jahre lang nicht getrunken

(= seriousness, sedateness) → Solidität f; (of dress etc) → Schlichtheit f, → Dezentheit f; (of colour) → Gedecktheit f

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sobriety

[səʊˈbraɪətɪ] n

a. (not being drunk) → sobrietà

b. (seriousness, sedateness) → sobrietà, pacatezza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sobriety

n sobriedad f

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Philolaus introduced the law for the equal distribution of goods; Plato that for the community of women, children, and goods, and also for public tables for the women; and one concerning drunkenness, that they might observe sobriety in their symposiums.

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Up-and-down did it: and the landscape, which had been showing signs of mental aberration in various directions, returned to its normal condition of sobriety with the exception of a small yellowish-brown mouse, which continued to run wildly up and down the road, lashing its tail like a little lion.

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I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better -- the knack of making people like me.

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You see, I'm a better man than you think me; and, what's more, I have serious thoughts of washing my hands of him entirely, and the whole set of 'em, and comporting myself from this day forward with all decency and sobriety, as a Christian and the father of a family should do.

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The posterity of Marmaduke did not escape the common lot of those who depend rather on their hereditary possessions than on their own powers; and in the third generation they had descended to a point below which, in this happy country, it is barely possible for honesty, intellect and sobriety to fall.

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As he grew old he attached himself to the son as he had done to the father, and by degrees became a kind of overlooker of a house in which his remarkable integrity, his acknowledged sobriety, and a thousand other virtues useless to enumerate, gave him an eternal place by the fireside, with a right of inspection over the domestics.

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As to any "temperance captain" who stood fast to his faith, and refused to give up his sobriety, he might go elsewhere for a market, for he stood no chance with the governor.

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Those fifty-one days of fine sailing and intense sobriety had put me in splendid fettle.