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English Dictionary: inebriation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inebriation n habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms Synonym(s): alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol Synonym(s): drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety Antonym(s): soberness, sobriety
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inebriation \Ine`bria"tion\, n. [L. inebriatio.] The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. --Sir T. Browne. Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. --Macaulay. Syn: See {Drunkenness}.