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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAN'ITY, n. [L. sanitas. See Sane.] Soundness; particularly, a sound state of mind; the state of a mind in the perfect exercise of reason.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: normal or sound powers of mind [syn: sanity, saneness] [ant: insanity]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English sanite, from Anglo-French sanité, from Latin sanitat-, sanitas health, sanity, from sanus healthy, sane Date: 15th century the quality or state of being sane; especially soundness or health of mind

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the state of being sane. b mental health. 2 the tendency to avoid extreme views. Etymology: ME f. L sanitas (as SANE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sanity San"i*ty, n. [L. sanitas, from sanus sound, healthy. See Sane.] The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A person's sanity is their ability to think and behave normally and reasonably. He and his wife finally had to move from their apartment just to preserve their sanity. 2. If there is sanity in a situation or activity, there is a purpose and a regular pattern, rather than confusion and worry. Rafsanjani has been considering various ways of introducing some sanity into the currency market.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Saneness, soundness, rationality.

Moby Thesaurus

IQ, apprehension, balance, caliber, capacity, common sense, comprehension, conception, cool head, coolheadedness, coolness, deductive power, due sense of, esemplastic power, good sense, horse sense, ideation, integrative power, intellect, intellectual grasp, intellectual power, intellectualism, intellectuality, intelligence, intelligence quotient, knowledge, level head, levelheadedness, lucidity, marbles, mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental health, mental ratio, mentality, mind, mother wit, native wit, normality, plain sense, power of mind, practical mind, practical wisdom, practicality, rationality, reason, reasonableness, reasoning power, saneness, scope of mind, sense, senses, sensibleness, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobriety, sound mind, soundness, stability, thinking power, understanding, wit