sobriety

n.

1. Gravity in bearing, manner, or treatment.
2. Moderation in or abstinence from consumption of alcoholic liquor or use of drugs: “three years of drug-free sobriety” (Ron Rosenbaum). See synonyms at abstinence.

[Middle English sobriete, from Old French, from Latin sōbrietās, from sōbrius, sober. See sober.]

noun

1. High seriousness of manner or bearing: graveness, gravity, sedateness, solemnity, solemnness, staidness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, heavy/light, style/good style/bad style.
2. The practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors: abstinence, dryness, soberness, teetotalism, temperance. See drugs/temperance, restraint/unrestraint, used/unused.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: the state of being sober
  Synonym: soberness

Meaning #2: moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or drugs

Meaning #3: a manner that is serious and solemn
  Synonyms: graveness, gravity, soberness, somberness

Meaning #4: abstaining from excess
  Synonym: temperance

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ædruelighed, soberhed

Nederlands (Dutch)
nuchterheid, gematigdheid

Français (French)
n. - sobriété, sérieux

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nüchternheit, Schlichtheit, Ernsthaftigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νηφαλιότητα, εγκράτεια

Italiano (Italian)
moderazione, lucidità, chiarezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobriedade (f), temperança (f), sensatez (f), bom senso (m)

Русский (Russian)
трезвость, воздержанность, сдержанность, спокойствие, серьезность, рассудительность

Español (Spanish)
n. - sobriedad, moderación, seriedad, sensatez

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nykterhet, måttlighet, lugn, allvarsamhet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
清醒, 有节制, 冷静, 适度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 清醒, 有節制, 冷靜, 適度

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 절주, 진지함, 평정

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - しらふ, 禁酒, 節酒, まじめ, 冷静

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رزانه, رصنه, أعتدال في تناول ألطعام أو ألشراب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פיכחון, צלילות-דעת‬

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