So-brĭ'e-ty, n.

n. [Fr. sobriété, Sp. sobriedad, It. sobrietà, Lat. sobriĕtas. See SOBER.] 1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety. Public sobriety is a relative duty. Blackstone.

2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or over-heated imagination; calmness; coolness; as, the sobriety of riper years; the sobriety of age.
3. Gravity without sadness or melancholy; seriousness.

Mirth makes them not mad, Nor sobriety sad. Denham. Syn.—Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness; moderation; regularity; steadiness; calmness; coolness; sober-mindedness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.