Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being sober.

    He celebrated five years of sobriety.

    The judge spoke with calm sobriety about the case.

    the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

  2. The quality or state of being sober.

    (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of not being intoxicated.

    Nüchternheit

    тре́звостьtrézvostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being unhurried; a state of calm.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A state of moderation or seriousness.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Modesty in color or style.

  7. (countable, uncountable)Soundness of judgment.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Yanni is devoted to his sobriety.

  2. Tom failed a field sobriety test.

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  3. Tom took a vow of sobriety.

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  4. Yanni is strongly devoted to his sobriety.

  5. Sobriety is his kryptonite.

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Translations

8 languages
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quality or state of being sober:
Русский
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quality or state of being sober:
Deutsch
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quality or state of being sober:

Origin

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.

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Forms

plural: sobrieties
Singularsobriety
Pluralsobrieties

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
quality or state of not being intoxicated:soberness
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedinsobriety

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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