Word Meanings - INSOBRIETY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.

DRUNKENNESS
1. The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit. The Lacedemonians trained up their children to hate drunkenness by bringing a drunken man into their company. I.
MODERATION
The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to mods. (more info) 1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint. 2. The state or quality of being mmoderate. In moderation placing
CALMNESS
The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose. The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham. Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett. Syn. -- Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose;
SOBRIETY
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 overheated imagination; calmness; coolness;
INTEMPERANCE
1. The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions. God is in every creature; be cruel toward none, neither abuse any by intemperance. Jer.
INSOBRIETY
Want of sobriety, moderation, or calmness; intemperance; drunkenness.
IMMODERATION
Want of moderation. Hallywell.