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Webster 1913 Edition
Sobriety
1.
Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors;
as, a man of
. sobriety
Public
sobriety
is a relative duty. Blackstone.
2.
Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness;
as, the
. sobriety
of riper yearsMirth makes them not mad,
Nor
Nor
sobriety
sad. Denham.
Syn. – Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness; moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness; sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sobriety
SOBRI'ETY
,Noun.
1.
Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of spirituous liquors; as when we say. a man of sobriety.2.
Freedom from intoxication. Public sobriety is a relative duty.3.
Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; as the sobriety of riper years; the sobriety of age.4.
Seriousness; gravity without sadness or melancholy. Mirth makes them not mad, nor sobriety sad.