So*bri"e*ty (?), n. [L.
sobrietas: cf. F. sobriété. See
Sober.] 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
years.
Mirth makes them not mad,
Nor sobriety sad.
Denham.
Syn. -- Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness;
moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness; sober-
mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.
So*bri"e*ty (?), n. [L.
sobrietas: cf. F. sobriété. See
Sober.] 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
years.
Mirth makes them not mad,
Nor sobriety sad.
Denham.
Syn. -- Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness;
moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness; sober-
mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.
