səˈbrīəd.]ē, sōˈ-, -īət], ]i\ noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English sobrietie, from Middle French sobrieté, from Latin sobrietat-, sobrietas, from sobrie- (from sobrius sober) + -tat-, -tas -ty — more at sober
: the quality or state of being sober
tried to establish rules of sobriety in costume … to restrain the sartorial excesses — Rosaleen Mills
able to force himself into sobriety despite his alcoholic consumption — Wayne Hughes
the sobriety , the earnestness, and the soul-searching … come out clearly — T.G.Bergin
applied himself with scientific sobriety to observation of his own life — R.L.Rusk