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sobriety

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so⋅bri⋅e⋅ty

[suh-brahy-i-tee, soh-]
–noun
1. the state or quality of being sober.
2. temperance or moderation, esp. in the use of alcoholic beverages.
3. seriousness, gravity, or solemnity: an event marked by sobriety.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME sobrietie (< OF sobriete) < L sōbrietās, equiv. to sōbri(us) sober + -etās, var. of -itās -ity after vowel stems
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so·bri·e·ty   (sə-brī'ĭ-tē, sō-)   
n.  
  1. Gravity in bearing, manner, or treatment.

  2. Moderation in or abstinence from consumption of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs: "three years of drug-free sobriety" (Ron Rosenbaum). See Synonyms at abstinence.


[Middle English sobriete, from Old French, from Latin sōbrietās, from sōbrius, sober; see sober.]
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