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soberness

NOUN

temperance

Synonyms

STRONG

abnegation abstemiousness abstinence asceticism astringency austerity conservatism constraint continence control discretion dryness forbearance forgoing frugality measure moderateness moderation moderatism mortification prohibition prudence reasonableness restraint sacrifice self-control self-denial self-discipline sobriety stoicism teetotalism

WEAK

eschewal golden mean happy medium refrainment self-deprivation uninebriation unintoxication

Antonyms

STRONG

agitation allowance carelessness indulgence intemperance permission rashness self-indulgence wildness

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The soberest predictions of automation job loss still rely on a lattice of interlocking predictions that may not come true.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2021

Social media sites and football message boards, prone to conspiracy theories, hyperbole and fabrications in even the soberest scenarios, went wild.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2020

But Barlow’s style was hyperbolic at the soberest of times.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2018

‘It’s Easy to Remember,’ ‘Everything Happens to Me,’ ‘With Every Breath I Take,’ ‘P.S. I Love You’ … Sinatra at his soberest, most dignified manliness.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2015

On the big day, a dozen of our tall and not-so-tall young ladies presented themselves in their soberest hats, clutching letters of reference in their cleanest white gloves.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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