First Known Use: 15th century
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sobriety
noun so·bri·ety \sə-ˈbrī-ə-tē, sō-\
: the state of not being drunk
: the quality of being serious
Full Definition of SOBRIETY
: the quality or state of being sober
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Origin of SOBRIETY
Middle English sobrete, from Anglo-French sobreté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrius
Related to SOBRIETY
- Synonyms
- earnest, graveness, gravity, intentness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, soberness, earnestness, solemnity, solemnness, staidness
- Antonyms
- facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, play, unseriousness
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