sobriety

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"Lindsay's doing great, her sobriety is the most important thing to her," Baldwin told Tarts in an exclusive statement on Wednesday.

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  1. noun Gravity in bearing, manner, or treatment.
  2. noun 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.

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  • Maybe my sobriety was a new chance at childhood, or I was trying out what it would be like to have a kid. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 06 - June 1994
  • "By far the greatest source for sobriety was the New York Times," he said. —  Latest financial, market & economic news and analysis | guardian.co.uk
  • The prevailing ethos of hard work, sobriety, and moderate frugality reflected the kind of personality demanded by the aerospace industry. —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • As the film continues to bounce back and forth between the Iraq-dominated presidency and George W. 's unlikely transformation from a life as a ne'er-do-well rich kid to one of born-again Christianity, sobriety, ambition and resolve, it occasionally delivers intimations of looming tragedy, or at least of history that didn't have to unfold as it did. —  Variety.com
  • But Gavin's sticking to his newfound sobriety -- with the booze, that is.
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English sobriete, from Old French, from Latin sōbrietās, from sōbrius, sober; see sober.

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  1. from Middle English soberte, sobrete, from Old French sobrete, French sobriété = Provencal sobritat, sobrietat = Spanish sobriedad = Portuguese sobriedade = Italian sobrietà, from Latin sobrieta (t-)s, moderation, temperance, from sobrius, moderate, temperate: see sober.
 

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