The state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol.

synonym: sobriety.

Roget 953: temperance, moderation, sobriety, soberness.    forbearance, abnegation; self-denial, self-restraint, self-control etc. (resolution) 604.    frugality; vegetarianism, teetotalism, total abstinence; abstinence, abstemiousness; Encratism^†, prohibition; system of Pythagoras, system of Cornaro; Pythagorism, Stoicism.    vegetarian; Pythagorean, gymnosophist^†.    teetotaler etc. 958; abstainer; designated driver; Encratite^†, fruitarian^†, hydropot^†.    ... show more

Dutch: nuchterheid

A manner that is serious and solemn.

synonyms: graveness, gravity, sobriety, somberness, sombreness.