Sobriety – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
sobriety
n.
calmness, seriousness; temperance, abstention or moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages
Sobriety
Sobriety is the condition of not having any measurable levels or effects from
mood-altering drugs. According to
WHO "Lexicon of alcohol and drug terms...",
sobriety is continued abstinence from
psychoactive drug use. Sobriety is also considered to be the natural state of a human being given at a birth. A person in a state of sobriety is considered
sober. In a treatment setting, sobriety is the achieved goal of independence from consuming or craving mind-altering substances. As such, sustained abstinence is a prerequisite for sobriety. Early in abstinence, residual effects of mind-altering substances can preclude sobriety. These effects are labeled "PAWS", or "post acute withdrawal syndrome". Someone who abstains, but has a latent desire to resume use, is not considered truly sober. An abstainer may be subconsciously motivated to resume drug use, but for a variety of reasons, abstains (e.g. a medical or legal concern precluding use). Sobriety has more specific meanings within specific contexts, such as the culture of many substance use recovery programs, law enforcement, and some schools of psychology. In some cases,
sobriety implies achieving "life balance."
sobriety
Noun
1. the state of being sober
(synonym) soberness
(hypernym) temporary state
2. moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs
(hypernym) temperance, moderation
3. a manner that is serious and solemn
(synonym) graveness, gravity, soberness, somberness
(hypernym) seriousness, earnestness, serious-mindedness, sincerity
(hyponym) stodginess, stuffiness
4. abstaining from excess
(synonym) temperance
(hypernym) abstinence
Sobriety
(n.)
Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.
(n.)
Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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sobriety
Synonyms and related words:
abnegation, abstemiousness, abstention, abstinence, augustness, balance, blackishness, calm, calmness, common sense, conservatism, constraint, contact with reality, continence, control, cool, cool head, coolheadedness, coolness, courtliness, darkishness, darkness, darksomeness, decorousness, demureness, denial, dignifiedness, dignity, dispassion, due sense of, duskiness, duskness, earnestness, evenness, forbearance, formality, frugality, funereality, gentleness, golden mean, good sense, grandeur, graveness, gravity, grimness, happy medium, healthy mind, horse sense, impartiality, judiciousness, juste-milieu, kingliness, lenity, level head, levelheadedness, loftiness, long face, lordliness, lucid interval, lucidity, majesty, meden agan, mental balance, mental equilibrium, mental health, mental hygiene, mental poise, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, neutrality, nobility, nonviolence, normalcy, normality, normalness, nothing in excess, pacifism, plain sense, practical mind, practical wisdom, practicality, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness, proud bearing, prudence, rationality, reason, reasonableness, regality, renouncement, renunciation, repose, restraint, right mind, sadness, sanemindedness, saneness, sanity, sedateness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-restraint, sense, senses, sensibleness, serenity, seriousness, sober senses, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, solemnity, solemnness, somberness, sophrosyne, sound mind, soundness, soundness of mind, stability, staidness, stateliness, steadiness, straight face, swarth, swarthiness, swartness, teetotalism, temperance, temperateness, thoughtfulness, tranquillity, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, venerability, via media, weightiness, wholesomeness, worthiness
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
