Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of spirituous liquors; as when we say. a man of sobriety.

Freedom from intoxication. Public sobriety is a relative duty.

Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; as the sobriety of riper years; the sobriety of age.

Seriousness; gravity without sadness or melancholy. Mirth makes them not mad, nor sobriety sad.