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sobriety

/səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/US/səˈbɹaɪ.ə.ti/

sobriety noun: the quality or state of being sober.

Noun

sobriety (countable and uncountable, plural sobrieties)

  1. The quality or state of being sober.
    • He celebrated five years of sobriety.
    • The judge spoke with calm sobriety about the case.
    1. The quality or state of not being intoxicated.
    2. The quality or state of being grave or earnestly thoughtful.
    3. The state or quality of being unhurried; a state of calm.
    4. A state of moderation or seriousness.
    5. Modesty in color or style.
  2. Soundness of judgment.

sobriety meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

sobriety in Urdu

متانت, سنجیدگی

sobriety in Bengali

সংযম, গাম্ভীর্য, নেশামুক্তি

sobriety in Malayalam

വെളിവ്, സുബുദ്ധി, ലഹരിയില്ലായ്മ, അടക്കം, ധീരത

Examples of sobriety in a sentence

  • She checked in to the sobriety group, remembering belatedly that his was her two-month soberversary.
  • After nearly 17 years of sobriety, Zevon fell off the wagon hard when he was diagnosed.
  • I put the cork in the bottle, and this time, I approached sobriety differently.

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Synonyms of sobriety

Antonyms

Forms of sobriety

pluralsobrieties

Origin of sobriety

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sobrietas.

Words formed from sobriety

Phrases with sobriety

Words that rhyme with sobriety

Questions about sobriety

What does sobriety mean?
Sobriety means the quality or state of being sober.
What is sobriety in Urdu?
Sobriety in Urdu is متانت, سنجیدگی. See Sobriety meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is sobriety?
Sobriety is a noun.
How do you pronounce sobriety?
Sobriety is pronounced /səˈbɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of sobriety?
The plural of sobriety is sobrieties.

Words near sobriety in the dictionary

  1. sobre-vests
  2. sobremesa
  3. sobremesas
  4. sobrerol
  5. sobrieties
  6. sobriety
  7. sobrinicide
  8. sobriquet
  9. sobriquetical
  10. sobriquets
  11. sobs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sobriety (page history and authors); sobriety (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sobriety (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sobriety (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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