sane

adj., san·er, san·est.

1. Of sound mind; mentally healthy: "their protector, the strongest and sanest of them all" (Pat Conroy).
2. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.

[Latin sānus, healthy.]

sanely sane'ly adv.
saneness sane'ness n.

adjective

1. Mentally healthy: compos mentis, lucid, rational. Idioms: all there, in one's right mind, of sound mind. See sane/insane.
2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, sound², well-founded, well-grounded, wise¹. See reason/unreason, sane/insane.

adj

Definition: mentally sound; reasonable
Antonyms: crazy, insane, unreasonable, unsound, unstable

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The state of sound mental condition; all persons are presumed sane until the opposite is demonstrated. All jurisdictions require the defendant in a criminal case to produce some evidence to challenge this presumption. In some jurisdictions, the burden of persuasion is borne by the state; in others, the defendant carries the ultimate burden of proof. The allocation of this burden is apparently within the individual state's rules of procedure and placing the burden on the defendant does not violate the presumption of innocence. 429 U.S. 877. See LaFave, Modern Criminal Law §4.5(e) (3d ed. 2000). Compare insanity.

sanity hearing a proceeding authorized by statute for investigating the sanity of a person accused of a felony. Such a hearing is not a trial placing the accused in jeopardy, but is a "collateral inquiry" in the nature of an inquest to determine the competency of a person to stand trial. See Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 12.2.

IN BRIEF: Mentally healthy, rational, normal.

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. — Erich Fromm (1900-1980), German psychoanalyst and writer.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ved sin fornufts fulde brug, sund, tilregnelig, fornuftig, klog

Nederlands (Dutch)
redelijk, (geestelijk) gezond

Français (French)
adj. - sain d'esprit, sensé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geistig gesund, vernünftig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λογικός, συνετός

Italiano (Italian)
sano di mente, sensato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - são de espírito

Русский (Russian)
нормальный, в здравом уме, разумный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cuerdo, sensato

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - själsligt sund, vid sina sinnens fulla bruk, sund, förnuftig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
神志正常的, 头脑清楚的, 合乎情理的, 明智的, 健全的, 无疾病的, 稳健的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 神志正常的, 頭腦清楚的, 合乎情理的, 明智的, 健全的, 無疾病的, 穩健的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 제정신의, 건강한, 분별 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 正気の, 精神の健全な, 道理にかなった, 健全な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معقول, سليم ألعقل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שפוי, הגיוני, שקול‬

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