SOBRI'ETY, n. L. sobrietas, from sobrius.
1. Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of spirituous liquors as when we say. a man of sobriety.
2. Freedom from intoxication. Public sobriety is a relative duty.
3. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion or overheated imagination calmness coolness as the sobriety of riper years the sobriety of age.
4. Seriousness gravity without sadness or melancholy. Mirth makes them not mad, nor sobriety sad.
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