Definitions for: Inebriation

[n] a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
[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

Webster (1913) Definition: In*e`bri*a"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.

Synonyms: alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness

Antonyms: soberness, sobriety

See Also: drug addiction, grogginess, sottishness, temporary state, white plague

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