sobernessn.
/ˈsəʊbənɪs/ The state or character of being sober; sobriety:
a. In respect of the appetites.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun]
sobernessa1300
temperance1340
sobriety1401
a1300 Cursor Mundi 27408 Gains glotory [is assigned] soburnes o mete.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋834 Sobrenesse also, that restreyneth the outrage of drinke.
14.. Tundale's Vis. 1869 Thay..kepte hir bodyes ay fre From lechery in chastite, And thay loved soburnes ay.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cclxxi By sobernes subduynge theyr sensualyte.
1531 W. Tyndale Answere Mores Dialoge f. iijv The sobrenesse and chastisinge of the membres.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Sobriety or Soberness, a Vertue by which one abstains from eating and drinking more than is requisite.
1780 Mirror No. 73 Habits of virtue and soberness.
1861 G. D. Ruffini Dr. Antonio (new ed.) ii Owing to the care and proverbial soberness of the postilions.
b. In respect of demeanour, actions, etc.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]
resteOE
peacea1225
egalityc1374
tranquillityc1374
peaceabilityc1384
sobernessc1384
tranquille1412
quietness?a1425
evenheadc1440
equalitya1475
equability1531
sobermood1556
calmness1561
evenness1561
serenity1599
collection1602
equilibrium1608
calm1609
temperateness1609
composedness1611
recollection1611
temper1611
unpassionateness1611
placidity1619
sereneness1628
attemperature1635
quietationa1639
equableness1641
steadiness1642
sedateness1647
imperturbation1648
placidness1654
centredness1662
equanimity1663
composure1667
serenitude1672
equalness1675
unperturbedness1676
dispassion1690
quietism1735
serene1744
relaxednessa1750
self-composure1762
sober-mindedness1767
collectedness1789
unprovokedness1795
comfortableness1815
repose1815
levelness1824
dispassionateness1842
unruffledness1858
passionlessness1867
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [noun]
i-metOE
hovec1175
metc1175
methec1175
measurec1225
measure?c1225
temperancea1340
methefulnessc1350
temperurec1380
mannera1382
mannernessa1382
sobernessc1384
attemperancec1386
measurablenessa1400
amesingc1400
meanheada1425
mediocrity?a1425
moderation?a1425
moderancea1460
temperancy1526
mean1531
modesty1531
temperature1536
measure-keeping1556
moderateness1571
moderature1574
sobriety1582
mediety1583
moderacy1601
temperateness1609
reserve1660
medium1693
soft pedal1899
met1932
the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [noun] > staidness
sobernessc1384
sobriety1548
sobermood1556
staidness1561
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xii. 3 To not sauere..more than it behoueth for to kunne, but for to kunne to sobrenesse.
1463 G. Ashby Prisoner's Refl. 302 With humylyte and soburnes.
c1480 (a1400) St. Matthew 444 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 203 [He] sobryt þam..vith softnes & vith sobrenes.
1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 233/2 Ye hole byble was long before his dayes..with deuocion & sobrenes wel and reuerently red.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xxxiii Turnyng insolencie and wildnes into grauitie and sobernes.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 527 Lat se how we may disseuer with sobernes aneuch.
1648 T. Fairfax Remonstrance 6 In all humblenesse and sobernesse of minde.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 480 He would not stoop To conquer those by jocular exploits, Whom truth and soberness assail'd in vain.
1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 6 Sept. 605 I..stood still..looking, in silent soberness, into the window.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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