Sobriety

1. (n.) Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.

2. (n.) Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years.

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