Synonyms for sobriety
səˈbraɪ ɪ ti, soʊ-so·bri·ety

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1. sobrietynoun

   The quality or state of not being intoxicated.

   Antonyms:
   drunkenness, intoxication

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1. sobriety

   Abstinence from food commonly signifies going without; abstemiousness, partaking moderately; abstinence may be for a single occasion, abstemiousness is habitual moderation. Self-denial is giving up what one wishes; abstinence may be refraining from what one does not desire. Fasting is abstinence from food for a limited time, and generally for religious reasons. Sobriety and temperance signify maintaining a quiet, even temper by moderate indulgence in some things, complete abstinence from others. We speak of temperance in eating, but of abstinence from vice. Total abstinence has come to signify the entire abstaining from intoxicating liquors.

   Synonyms:
   abstemiousness, abstinence, continence, fasting, frugality, moderation, self-control, self-denial, self-restraint, temperance

   Antonyms:
   drunkenness, excess, gluttony, greed, intemperance, intoxication, reveling, revelry, self-indulgence, sensuality, wantonness

   Preposition:
   The negative side of virtue is abstinence from vice.

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1. sobriety

   Synonyms:
   soberness, temperance, abstemiousness

   Antonyms:
   intemperance

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1. soberness, sobrietynoun

   the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, temperance, somberness, soberness

2. sobriety, drynessnoun

   moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, temperance, somberness, dispassionateness, xerotes, dispassion, soberness, waterlessness

3. graveness, gravity, sobriety, soberness, somberness, sombrenessnoun

   a manner that is serious and solemn

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, solemnity, gloom, graveness, dryness, gravity, gravitational attraction, gloominess, temperance, somberness, gravitation, gravitational force, soberness

4. sobriety, temperancenoun

   abstaining from excess

   Synonyms:
   sombreness, graveness, dryness, gravity, moderation, temperance, somberness, soberness

Matched Categories

1. • Abstinence
   • Seriousness
   • Temperance
   • Temporary State

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1. sobrietynoun

   Synonyms:
   temperance, abstemiousness, abstinence

2. sobrietynoun

   Synonyms:
   calmness, coolness, sedateness, soberness, demureness, thoughtfulness, gravity

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1. sobrietynoun

   Synonyms:
   soberness, gravity

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1. List of paraphrases for "sobriety":

   abstinence

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1. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA ):

   stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety

2. Corey Monteith mother:

   He didn’t have enough drugs in his system to kill him, but for some reason it did because of his intolerance [built up by periods of intermittent sobriety].

3. Dianna De La Garza:

   She's happy, she's healthy, she's working on her sobriety, and she's getting the help she needs.

4. Cedric Alexander:

   Video footage captured from police body cameras shows Atlanta police officers talking with Rayshard Brooks moments before Rayshard Brooks was shot in a Wendys parking lot. Officer Devin Bronsan arrived inthe area after a 911 complaintof someone sleeping in a car. Rayshard Brooks said Rayshard Brooks drank a small amount of alcohol and was administered afield sobriety test. Hisblood-alcohol levelregistered at.108, above the.08 legal limit. I think youve had too much to drink to be driving, said Officer Garrett Rolfe, who responded to the scene after Officer Devin Bronsan, beforehe tried to arrest Rayshard Brooks. A struggle ensuedand the officers bodycams wereknocked to the ground. They could be heard yelling, Youre going to get Tased ! Stop fighting ! ATLANTA ERUPTS AFTER Rayshard Brooks DEATH PROMPTS POLICE CHIEF TO STEP DOWN This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Garrett Rolfe has been fired following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks and a second officer has been placed on administrative duty. ( Atlanta Police Department via AP) At one point Rayshard Brooks appears to grab Bronsans Taser. Hands off Bronsans Taser ! an officer said. Rayshard Brooks fled from the officers and turnedaround with the stun gun before Rayshard Brooks was shot. It does appear in the video that Rayshard Brooks is fleeing from the Atlanta police officers, that as hes fleeing Rayshard Brooks turns back over Rayshard Brooks shoulder with what appears to the naked eye to be Rayshard Brooks Taser that the eyewitnesses told us they saw the individual have that belonged to one of the officers, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vic Reynolds said Saturday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. An autopsy found that Rayshard Brooks suffered to two gunshot wounds to Rayshard Brooks back. The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled Rayshard Brooks deatha homicide. Garrett Rolfe has not been charged in Rayshard Brooks death but was fired from the force Sunday. Cedric Alexander, the former public safety director of Dekalb County, Ga., who now works as a police consultant, told the Associated Press that the shooting will lead to questions over how officers could have defused the situation. Heres a man who took Dekalb County upon Cedric Alexander to pull off the road to take a nap.

5. Wendy Williams:

   Addressing my sobriety, my addiction head-on has really helped me sort out every single compartment in my life, i have a commitment to me and my son to come out of here better, stronger and faster than ever and by the way, I will still commit cause youll forget about my business any moment now I commit that the motto of this show will always be their business is our business!