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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: sobriety (0.00914 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to sobriety.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sobriety sobriety n 1: the state of being sober [syn: soberness] [ant: drunkenness] 2: moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs 3: a manner that is serious and solemn [syn: graveness, gravity, soberness, somberness] 4: abstaining from excess [syn: temperance]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sobriety 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. [1913 Webster]

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