sanity

[san-i-tee]

noun

the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
soundness of judgment.

Origin of sanity

1400–50; late Middle English sanite < Latin sānitās. See sane, -ity

Related formsnon·san·i·ty, nounsu·per·san·i·ty, nounun·san·i·ty, noun

Synonyms for sanity

2. reason, rationality, sensibleness, reasonableness.

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Related Words for sanities

prudence, normality, stability, wit, rationality, soundness, acumen, intelligence, understanding, sagacity, reason, comprehension, sense, lucidity, balance, lucidness, marbles, reasonableness

Examples from the Web for sanities

Historical Examples of sanities

Its sanities are stark madness to the matter-of-fact man of affairs.
The Quiver, 2/1900
Various
Did not the decencies and the sanities of life depend on right moral conduct?
The "Genius"
Theodore Dreiser
What deeds might he not do with it in those hours when the sanities of life also sleep?
Old Crow
Alice Brown
That must have been real dreaming, and yet now, with all my sanities and scepticisms, I could half believe it real.
The Passionate Friends
Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for sanities

sanity

noun

the state of being sane
good sense or soundness of judgment

Word Origin for sanity

C15: from Latin sānitās health, from sānus healthy

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Word Origin and History for sanities

sanity

early 15c., "healthy condition," from Middle French sanité "health," from Latin sanitatem (nominative sanitas) "health, sanity," from sanus "healthy; sane" (see sane). Meaning "soundness of mind" first attested c.1600.

sanities in Medicine

sanity

[săn′ĭ-tē]

The quality or condition of being sane; soundness of mind.
Soundness of judgment or reason.