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sobriety
(encz) | sobriety,rozvážnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
sobriety
(encz) | sobriety,střídmost n: Pavel Machek |
sobriety
(encz) | sobriety,střízlivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sobriety
(gcide) | Sobriety \So*bri"e*ty\, n. [L. sobrietas: cf. F. sobri['e]t['e].
See Sober.]
1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of
spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
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Public sobriety is a relative duty. --Blackstone.
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2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or
overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity;
seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
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Mirth makes them not mad,
Nor sobriety sad. --Denham.
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Syn: Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness;
moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness;
sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity;
seriousness; solemnity.
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sobriety
(wn) | sobriety
n 1: the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol
[syn: soberness, sobriety] [ant: drunkenness,
inebriation, inebriety, insobriety, intoxication,
tipsiness]
2: moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs [syn:
sobriety, dryness]
3: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness,
gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness,
sombreness]
4: abstaining from excess [syn: sobriety, temperance] |
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insobriety
(encz) | insobriety,nestřídmost n: Zdeněk Brožinsobriety,opilství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Insobriety
(gcide) | Insobriety \In`so*bri"e*ty\, n. [Pref. in- not + ?obriety: cf.
F. insobri['e]t['e].]
Lack of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance;
drunkenness.
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Sobriety
(gcide) | Sobriety \So*bri"e*ty\, n. [L. sobrietas: cf. F. sobri['e]t['e].
See Sober.]
1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of
spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
[1913 Webster]
Public sobriety is a relative duty. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or
overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity;
seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
[1913 Webster]
Mirth makes them not mad,
Nor sobriety sad. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness;
moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness;
sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity;
seriousness; solemnity.
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insobriety
(wn) | insobriety
n 1: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of
alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety,
intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant:
soberness, sobriety] |
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