sanity
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
soundness of judgment.
Origin of sanity
1Other words for sanity
Other words from sanity
- non·san·i·ty, noun
- su·per·san·i·ty, noun
- un·san·i·ty, noun
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How to use sanity in a sentence
It means individualism, a return to the primal sanities of the soul.
John Greenleaf Whittier | W. Sloane KennedyCarlyle's work did consist in breaking through formulæ, old and new, to these old and silent and ironical sanities.
Varied Types | G. K. ChestertonPerhaps he had been sent to tempt me from my adherence to those sanities and certainties which I had defended earlier in the day.
Tremendous Trifles | G. K. ChestertonIts sanities are stark madness to the matter-of-fact man of affairs.
The Quiver, 2/1900 | VariousThat recalled him to his dear garden and the homely sanities that awaited him.
Rose MacLeod | Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for sanity
/ (ˈsænɪtɪ) /
the state of being sane
good sense or soundness of judgment
Origin of sanity
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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