| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | so·bri·e·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -br   -t , s - |
| NOUN: | 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English sobriete, from Old French, from Latin sbriet s, from sbrius, sober. See sober.
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