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Webster 1913 Edition
Soberness
So′ber-ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being sober.
Webster 1828 Edition
Soberness
SO'BERNESS
,Noun.
1.
Freedom from intoxication; temperance.2.
Gravity; seriousness.3.
Freedom from heat and passion; calmness; coolness. The soberness of Virgil might have shown him the difference.