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soberness

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He stared at the vision wonderingly and long, and then he began to laugh with the scorn of soberness and the silliness of drink.

That charm is a certain homely friendliness in the aspect of the place, the bustle, the soberness and geniality of its people.

"No, I am speaking words of soberness," said he, with an earnestness which carried conviction even to those wild spirits.

There was a soberness of purpose in the most trifling details of their duties, as if a crisis long expected had arrived.

If Acton in his tipsy state was mad, in his intervals of soberness he was thoroughly miserable.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to soberness, such as: abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism, astringency, and austerity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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