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sound mind

sound mind prepositional phrase: sane, rational, maintaining one's mental capability to act reasonably.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic, usually, with-negation) sane, rational, maintaining one's mental capability to act reasonably.
    • A sound mind means as good a judgement as that mind is capable of from the nature of its organization.1894, A. H. P. Leuf, M. D., “The status of physical education.”, in Mind and Body, volume 1, Freidenker Publishing Company, page 9

sound mind meaning in Tamil and Kannada

sound mind in Tamil

திடமனநிலை

sound mind in Kannada

ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಚಿತ್ತ

Origin of sound mind

By surface analysis, of (genitive proposition) + sound (“solid, stable, sturdy”) + mind (“reason”).

Words formed from sound mind

  • sound-minded

Questions about sound mind

What does sound mind mean?
Sound mind means sane, rational, maintaining one's mental capability to act reasonably.
What is sound mind in Tamil?
Sound mind in Tamil is திடமனநிலை. See Sound mind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sound mind?
Sound mind is a prepositional phrase.

Words near sound mind in the dictionary

  1. sound laws
  2. sound machine
  3. sound machines
  4. sound man
  5. sound men
  6. sound mind
  7. sound mirror
  8. sound mirrors
  9. sound money
  10. sound moneys
  11. Sound of Sleat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sound mind (page history and authors); sound mind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sound mind (Kannada 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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