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sanity

[san-i-tee]

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noun

the state of being sane; soundness of mind.

soundness of judgment.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English sanite < Latin sānitās. See sane, -ity

Related forms

non·san·i·ty, noun

su·per·san·i·ty, noun

un·san·i·ty, noun

Synonyms
2. reason, rationality, sensibleness, reasonableness.

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No question would seem harder to settle than the sanity or insanity of our fellows.

Maybe your workout routine continued to preserve your sanity through the calendar's ups and downs.

Both sides need an energetic push from outside to make the leap to sanity.

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No question would seem harder to settle than the sanity or insanity of our fellows.

Maybe your workout routine continued to preserve your sanity through the calendar's ups and downs.

Both sides need an energetic push from outside to make the leap to sanity.

Concentrating on the pictures instead of the equipment is the path to sanity here.

It's a relief to see there still exists some sanity with folks around these forums.

It's undeniably true that a scratched-up sofa can push a pet owner to the limits of sanity.

The estrogen patch saved my sanity and returned my life to normal.

But it would be a modest step in the direction of restoring sanity.

Time to put some sanity into these numbers instead of simple thoughtless reportage.

Therefore the moments before he died were the only moments of sanity in his wasted life.

Thanks for adding a voice of sanity to the nuclear discussion.

They're happy to destroy your sanity and sap your patience.

But of course there's a certain craziness in day-to-day sanity.

The books have also saved my sanity while waiting in line at the cable company, the doctor's office and other such locales.

Nobody else is better able to drag them back to sanity.

LJ has really helped save my sanity over the past couple of years.

Add in making it a boat and it stretches belief well beyond the limits of sanity.

The inviolate law of cheap flights makes it virtually impossible to bring sanity to the system.

Thankfully there are enough scientists up top to bring some sanity to this non-event.

One can only pray that austerity leads to some sanity in this area.

Apparently it takes an economic disaster to instill sanity in the industry and invest in long term vehicle design.

Preserve your sanity by going frozen, boxed or pre-made.

Before you appeal, for the sake of your sanity and your bank account, consider all the reasons why you shouldn't.

He lifted price controls and imposed a measure of fiscal sanity.

If any had any sanity they would stop and think on this.

Creepy, yes, but with a knowing nod to sanity and reason.

It was hell, and my work and my sanity both suffered.

As well as restoring faith in the dong, the government must restore sanity to the public finances.

Thanks for trying to restore some sanity about this issue.

Actually, a little economic restraint and sanity is not so bad after all.

Its not by confining one's neighbour that one is convinced of one's sanity.

Sanity has overtaken this generation of goalies who have grown up in a sport that figured out that a great.

Finally some sanity in consensus approach to these amazing chemicals.

But it could bring some sanity back to the discussion.

His taste and sanity were sometimes challenged, but he had a firm guiding philosophy.

If the person wants to prove that his sanity is adequate, then let him prove.

These are people who risk their lives drafting tractor trailers and risk their sanity trying to memorize traffic light patterns.

Instead, he was trying to escape the sanity of his neighbors.

Within a couple of days he had regained his sanity and was functioning again.

So the author's discussion at the end makes me fear for the sanity of current philosophical thinking.

She was sanity personified for us and countless other stragglers who sought her counsel across the many decades.

So the first thing to bring sanity to these markets is to restrict non deliverable trades as hedging positions alone.

In the effort to hold onto my fiscal sanity in this era of theoretical.

But trotting out a former counterterrorism official to maintain sanity in.

As such it provides a rough figure for these costs which is within the realms of sanity.

Duke and provided for an examination into the man's sanity.

Really, the best tip for keeping everyone's sanity on these trips is to utilize rest stops.

One risks nothing more serious than one's reputation for sanity.

They may sleep all the time as newborns so you get lots of work done, or they may never sleep and you lose your sanity.

Sanity would suggest changing the culture to get the ratio back to normal.

We've lost some sanity in this mix of political mudslinging.

They probe and consolidate recent trends in cooking without performing fandangos at the expense of your pocketbook and sanity.

It might not be a medication that has to do with sanity or insanity.

Still, the concept is interesting, as it clarifies the long-term sanity of the current policy.

And believe me, having authority/credibility is essential to effective teaching, your own sanity and self-image.

It seems a rare voice of sanity in the middle of this completely baseless cacaphony.

Above all he was a source of sanity and humanity in our daily life.

As people don't care about the sanity of the system unless it ultimately affects their own pocket.

While every attempt to bring sanity into the discussion is laudable, some of your statements are blatantly wrong.

Having avoided sanity for so long, they think they can do so forever.

Lets look to the positive side of the picture and let sanity prevail.

Raising the retirement age is needed for fiscal sanity and must be part of any rational solution.

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World English Dictionary

sanity (ˈsænɪtɪ)

—n
1.	the state of being sane
2.	good sense or soundness of judgment

[C15: from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy]

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Word Origin & History

sanity

early 15c., "healthy condition," from M.Fr. sanité "health," from L. sanitas "health, sanity," from sanus "healthy, sane." Meaning "soundness of mind" first attested c.1600.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

sanity san·i·ty (sān'ĭ-tē)
n.

The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind.
Soundness of judgment or reason.

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