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Definition: Sobriety |
SobrietyNoun1. The state of being sober. 2. Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs. 3. A manner that is serious and solemn. 4. Abstaining from excess. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sobriety" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Synonyms: SobrietySynonyms: graveness (n), gravity (n), soberness (n), somberness (n), temperance (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: drunkenness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitability | Staidness; Adjective: gravity, sobriety, Quakerism; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind. |
Intelligence Wisdom | Prudence; vigilance; tact; foresight; sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast. |
Moderation | Noun: moderation, lenity; temperateness, gentleness; Adjective: sobriety; quiet; mental calmness; (inexcitability). |
Sanity | Noun: sanity; soundness; Adjective: rationality, sobriety, lucidity, lucid interval; senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana. |
Sobriety | Noun: sobriety; teetotalism. |
Temperance | Noun: temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sobriety |
| English words defined with "sobriety": Insobriety. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sobriety": KEYHOLE. (references) |
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Screenplays | See that your grooms care for my fleet-footed Rocinante, a horse of courage, sobriety, and chastity; the flower and glory of horseflesh! (Man of La Mancha; writing credit: Dale Wasserman) | |
Lyrics | More than twist in my sobriety (Twist in my Sobriety; performing artist: Tanita Tikaram) | |
Song Titles | Twist In My Sobriety (performing artist: Tanita Tikaram) | |
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Henry David Thoreau | Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality. |
Henry Ward Beecher | Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either. |
Pythagoras | Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Health | However, even individuals who are determined to stay sober may suffer one or several "slips," or relapses, before achieving long-term sobriety. (references) | |
Naltrexone, which targets the brain's reward circuits, is the first medication approved to help maintain sobriety after detoxification from alcohol since the approval of disulfiram (Antabuse?/sup>) in 1949. The use of acamprosate, an anticraving medication that is widely used in Europe, is based on neuroscience research. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Sobriety" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sobriety" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 44 | 51,500 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "sobriety": sobriety test. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sobriety"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | seriozitet (demureness, gravity, reliability, seriousness, solemnity), vetëpërmbajtje (composure, continence, control, cool, forbearance, poise, restraint, self restraint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إعتدال (amenity, erection, mildness, moderation, modesty, plainness, reasonableness, sagacity, self restraint, soberness, temper, temperance), رزانة (countenance, gravity, plainness, sagacity, soberness, stoicism), رصانة (calmness, imperturbability), رجاحة عقل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уравновесеност (balance, ballast, equability, evenness, philosophy, poise, sanity, sedation), трезвост (sanity), трезвеност (abstinence, teetotalism, temperance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 清' (clearheaded, Clear-headed, sober). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | střízlivost (severity, soberness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sindighed (composure, presence of mind), fatning (composure, holder, jack, lampholder, presence of mind, socket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | omzichtigheid (discretion, generalship, prudence), bezonnenheid (composure, presence of mind), bedachtzaamheid (thoughtfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | متانت (Calmness, Equanimity, Serene), اعتدال (Mean). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sobriété (soberness), sérénité, modération (soberness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Nüchternheit (dullness, insipidity, insipidness, plainness, rationality, soberness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύνεση (caution, discretion, gumption, prudence, sageness, wisdom), νηφαλιότησ (soberness), νηφαλιότητα (soberness), φρόνηση (circumspection, discreetness, prudence, wisdom), εγκράτεια (abstinence, continence, moderation, self control, self restraint, self-discipline, temperance, temperateness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פכחון (soberness, teetotalism, temperance), פכחות (soberness, temperance), "תפכחות (disillusionment, sobering), צלילות ""עת (clear mindedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | józanság (discrimination, presence of mind, sanity, soberness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sobriet (abstemiousness, baldness), pacatezza (calm, placidness, sedateness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 白面 (face without makeup, fair complexion, inexperience), 節' (moderation in drink, temperance), 佗び (quiet refinement, subdued taste), 佗 (be lonely, be proud, quiet refinement, subdued taste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しらふ (sober), せっしゅ (absorption, adoption, assimilation, inoculation, intake, larceny, moderation in drink, poor defense, stealing, temperance, theft, vaccination), わび (apology, quiet refinement, sober refinement, subdued taste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 주. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeltaght (fluidity, issue, temperateness, temperateness person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obrietysay sobriedade (frugality, temperance). (various references) sobrietate (austerity, severity, temperance), seriozitate (demureness, earnest, earnestness, gravity, seriousness), trezire (awakening, wakening), mãsurã (action, amount, arrangement, bar, beat, degree, dimension, extent, length, measure, measurement, out size, proceeding, rate, reservation, rhythm, size, step, steps, time), linişte (calm, calmness, composure, ease, easiness, hist, hush, lull, pax, peace, placidity, q.t., quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, serenity, silence, soft, still, stillness, stop talking, temper, tranquillity), cumpãtare (moderation, parsimony, reasonableness, reservation, reserve, sanity, temperance, thrift), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), bun-simţ (good-breeding, sanity, sense, wisdom), înţelepciune (discretion, philosophy, rationality, reason, sagacity, sapience, wisdom). (various references) трезвость (soberness). (various references) stuamachd (moderation, modesty). (various references) trezvenost (abstainer, abstinence, soberness, temperance), treznost. (various references) sobriedad (soberness). (various references) nykterhet (abstinence, aridity, hardhead, temperance). (various references) การง"เครื่อง"ื่มอัลกอฮอล์หรือยา. (various references) itidal, ağırbaşlık. (various references) sersaglyk. (various references) розсудливість (advisability, canniness, prudence, soundness, wisdom), холоднокровність (cold-bloodedness, composure, cool, coolness, equanimity, nerve), тверезість (abstinence, teetotalism, temperance), поміркованість (moderation, temperance). (various references) sự tiết độ sự điềm tĩnh (soberness), sự điều độ (soberness). (various references) sobrwydd (soberness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | sobrietate, sobrietatem, sobrietatis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 1 Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Swqhsetai de dia thV teknogoniaV ean meinwsin en pistei kai agaph kai agiasmw meta swfrosunhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Salvabitur autem per filiorum generationem si permanserint in fide et dilectione et sanctificatione cum sobrietate |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But sche schal be sauyd bi generacioun of children, if sche dwellith perfitli in feith, and loue, and hoolynesse, with sobrenesse. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Notwithstondynge thorow bearinge of chyldre they shalbe saved so they continue in fayth love and holynes with discrecion. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Notwithstanding, she will be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness, with sobriety. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But if they go on in faith and love and holy self-control, she will be kept safe at the time of childbirth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Timothy Chapter 2, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ngani ang babaye mamaluwas pinaagi sa iyang pagpanganak, kon siya magapadayon sa pagtoo ug sa gugma ug sa pagkabalaan, nga inubanan sa kaligdong. |
| Croatian | A spasit æe se raðanjem djece ako ustraje u vjeri, ljubavi i posveæivanju, s razborom. |
| Danish | Men hun skal frelses igennem sin Barnefødsel, dersom de blive i Tro og Kærlighed og Hellighed med Ærbarhed. |
| Dutch | Doch zij zal zalig worden in kinderen te baren, zo zij blijft in het geloof, en liefde, en heiligmaking, met matigheid. |
| Finnish | Mutta hän on pelastuva lastensynnyttämisen kautta, jos hän pysyy uskossa ja rakkaudessa ja pyhityksessä ynnä siveydessä. |
| French | Elle sera néanmoins sauvée en devenant mère, si elle persévère avec modestie dans la foi, dans la charité, et dans la sainteté. |
| German | Sie wird aber selig werden durch Kinderzeugen, so sie bleiben im Glauben und in der Liebe und in der Heiligung samt der Zucht. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, yon fanm va delivre lè la fè pitit, si l' kenbe fèm nan konfyans li, nan renmen, nan lavi l'ap mennen apa pou Bondye a, si l' rete tou senp. |
| Hungarian | Mindazáltal megtartatik a gyermekszüléskor, ha megmaradnak a hitben és szeretetben és a szent életben mértékletességgel. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Meskipun begitu, wanita akan selamat dengan melahirkan anak, asal ia dengan kerendahan hati tetap percaya kepada Kristus dan tetap mengasihi orang lain serta hidup khusus untuk Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi ia akan diselamatkan oleh sebab memperanakkan anak-anak, jikalau ia bertekun di dalam iman dan kasih dan kekudusan, serta dengan siuman. |
| Italian | Essa potr essere salvata partorendo figli, a condizione di perseverare nella fede, nella carit e nella santificazione, con modestia. |
| Maori | Otira ka ora ia i te whanautanga tamariki, ki te mau tonu to ratou whakapono, aroha, tapu, whakaaro. |
| Norwegian | men hun skal bli frelst gjennem sin barnefødsel, såfremt de blir i tro og kjærlighet og helliggjørelse med tuktighet. |
| Portuguese | salvar-se-á, todavia, dando luz filhos, se permanecer com sobriedade na fé, no amor e na santificação. |
| Rumanian | Totuw ea va fi mkntuitq prin nawterea de fii, dacq stqruiesc cu smerenie kn credinyq, kn dragoste wi kn sfinyenie. |
| Russian | Ч ТПЮЕН У БУЕФУС ЮЕТЕЪ ЮБ"ПТП"ЙЕ, ЕУМЙ ТЕ'Х"ЕФ Ч ЧЕТЕ Й МА'ЧЙ Й Ч УЧСФПУФЙ У "ЕМПНХ"ТЙЕН. |
| Shuar | Túmaitiat jurertin asa, emesnartinniumia uwempraiti. Tura Yúsan nekas Enentáimtak anenkartiniaitiuk tura esetar Enentáimiuk pénker wekasatniuiti. |
| Spanish | Sin embargo, se salvará teniendo hijos, si permanece en fe, amor y santidad con prudencia. |
| Swahili | Hata hivyo, mwanamke ataokolewa kwa kupata watoto, kama akidumu katika imani, upendo, utakatifu na unyofu. |
| Swedish | Dock skall kvinnan, under det hon föder sina barn, vinna frälsning, om hon förbliver i tro och kärlek och helgelse, med ett tuktigt väsende. |
| Uma | Toe pai' tobine mpotodohaka kaparia hi po'ana' -ra. Aga nau' wae, mporata moto-ra kalompea' ane tida-ra mepangala' hi Pue', tida mpoka'ahi' doo, pai' tuwu' moroli' ntuku' ada to lompe'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "sobriety": insobriety. (additional references) | |
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"Sobriety" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sobreity, sobriaty, sobriqet, soriety. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sobriety" (pronounced subrī"utē) |
| 5 | -r ī" u t ē | impropriety, propriety. |
| 4 | -ī" u t ē | anxiety, notoriety, piety, society, variety. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-o-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: obesity, orbiest. | |
-2 letters: bestir, bister, bistre, bistro, biters, boites, orbits, oyster, ribose, sobeit, sorbet, sortie, storey, strobe, tobies, tories, toyers, tribes, triose. | |
-3 letters: besot, biers, birse, biter, bites, bitsy, boite, bores, borts, borty, bries, brios, brits, brose, brosy, byres, bytes, obeys, obits, orbit, osier, oyers, ribes, riots, rites, robes, roset, rotes, rotis, ryots. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-i-o-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: verbosity. | |
+2 letters: botrytises, insobriety, tuberosity. | |
+3 letters: hyperbolist, keyboardist, obtrusively. | |
+4 letters: biochemistry, biodiversity, boisterously, cybernations, embryologist, hyperbolists, keyboardists. | |
+5 letters: bacteriolyses, bacteriolysis, embryologists, observability, obstetrically, obstructively, overstability, postembryonic, reasonability, solderability, subordinately, subventionary, superlobbyist, unobtrusively. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6F 62 72 69 65 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- -... .-. .. . - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101111 01100010 01110010 01101001 01100101 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S o b r i e t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006F 0062 0072 0069 0065 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5381688475718691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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