sobriety

C2+ Topic:Law & Government

US /səˈbraɪəti/ UK /səˈbraɪəti/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
the state of being sober; seriousness or moderation

He has maintained his sobriety for a decade now.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being sober;... temperance abstinence seriousness gravity moderation sedateness restraint

Opposites

drunkenness intoxication frivolity levity

Word family

Related forms sober

Etymology

From Old French sobriete, from Latin sōbrietās ('temperance, moderation'), from sōbrius ('sober, temperate').

sōbrietās Latin sōbrius Latin

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# sobriety

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** səˈbraɪəti
**IPA (UK):** səˈbraɪəti

## Meanings
1. the state of being sober; seriousness or moderation

## Examples
- He has maintained his sobriety for a decade now.

## Synonyms
- temperance
- abstinence
- seriousness
- gravity
- moderation
- sedateness
- restraint

## Antonyms
- drunkenness
- intoxication
- frivolity
- levity

## Related Forms
- sober

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sōbrietās
- Root: sōbrius

## Etymology
From Old French sobriete, from Latin sōbrietās ('temperance, moderation'), from sōbrius ('sober, temperate').

## AI Etymology
Sobriety comes from Old French sobriete, from Latin sōbrietās ('temperance, moderation'), from sōbrius ('sober, temperate'). The historical chain includes Latin sōbrietās and Latin sōbrius. Older glosses in the chain include "temperance, moderation" and "sober, temperate", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, sobriety is best read as borrowing, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the state of being sober; seriousness or moderation". related forms include sober. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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