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soberness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun soberness has 2 senses
- soberness(n = noun.state) sobriety - the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol; Array is a kind of temporary state
- soberness(n = noun.attribute) graveness, gravity, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn; Array is a kind of earnestness, serious-mindedness, seriousness, sincerity
Antonym: drunkenness
Derived form adjective sober1
has particulars: stodginess, stuffiness
Derived forms adjective sober2, adjective sober4
ROGET THESAURUS
soberness
Temperance
N temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness, forbearance, abnegation, self-denial, self-restraint, self-control, frugality, vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence, abstinence, abstemiousness, Encratism, prohibition, system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro, Pythagorism, Stoicism, vegetarian, Pythagorean, gymnosophist, teetotaler, abstainer, designated driver, Encratite, fruitarian, hydropot, temperate, moderate, sober, frugal, sparing, abstemious, abstinent, within compass, measured, on the wagon, on the water wagon, dry, Pythagorean, vegetarian, teetotal, appetitus rationi obediant, l'abstenir pour jouir c'est l'epicurisme de la rai, trahit sua quemque voluptas.
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