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sane

 (sān)
adj. san·er, san·est
1. Of sound mind; mentally healthy.
2. Having or showing sound judgment; reasonable.

[Latin sānus, healthy.]

sane′ly adv.
sane′ness n.
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sane

(seɪn)
adj
1. (Psychology) sound in mind; free from mental disturbance
2. having or showing reason, good judgment, or sound sense
3. obsolete healthy
[C17: from Latin sānus healthy]
ˈsanely adv
ˈsaneness n
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sane

(seɪn)

adj. san•er, san•est.
1. free from mental derangement; having a sound, healthy mind.
2. having or showing reason, sound judgment, or good sense.
3. sound; healthy.
[1620–30; < Latin sānus healthy]
sane′ly, adv.
sane′ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sane - mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"
rational - consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
2.sane - marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"
rational - consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
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sane

adjective
1. rational, normal, all there (informal), lucid, of sound mind, compos mentis (Latin), in your right mind, mentally sound, in possession of all your faculties He seemed perfectly sane.
rational mad, crazy, nuts (slang), daft (informal), insane, mentally ill, loony (slang), bonkers (slang, chiefly Brit.), loopy (informal), crackpot (informal), out to lunch (informal), doolally (slang), off your head (slang), off your trolley (slang), non compos mentis (Latin), round the bend or twist (slang), a sausage short of a fry-up (slang)
2. sensible, sound, reasonable, balanced, moderate, sober, judicious, level-headed a sane and safe energy policy
sensible stupid, foolish, unreasonable, unsound, dumb-ass (slang), wacko or whacko (informal)
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sane

adjective
1. Mentally healthy:
Idioms: all there, in one's right mind, of sound mind .
2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence:
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Translations
ذو عَقْلٍ سَليمعاقِل
duševně zdravýrozumný
fornuftignormal
épelméjû
andlega heillskynsamur
psichikos būklė
ar veselu saprātunormālsprātīgssaprātīgs
duševne zdravý
duševno zdrav
akıllıaklı başındamantıklı

sane

[seɪn] ADJ (saner (compar) (sanest (superl))) [person] → cuerdo; [judgment etc] → sabio, sensato
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sane

[ˈseɪn] adj
[person] → sain(e) d'esprit
[outlook] → sensé(e), sain(e)
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sane

adj (+er)
(= mentally healthy) personnormal; (Med, Psych etc) → geistig gesund; (Jur) → zurechnungsfähig; world, society etcgesund
(= sensible) advice, policy, system, person, behaviourvernünftig; it’s simply not sane to …es ist doch verrückt, zu …; there is no sane reason why …es gibt keinen vernünftigen Grund, weshalb …
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sane

[seɪn] adj (-r (comp) (-st (superl))) (person) → sano/a di mente; (judgment, outlook) → sensato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

sane

(sein) adjective
1. not mad. in a perfectly sane state of mind.
2. sensible. a very sane person.
ˈsanely adverb
ˈsanity (ˈsӕ-) noun
the state or quality of being sane. I am concerned about her sanity.
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sane

a. sano-a; [mentally] cuerdo-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

sane

adj cuerdo
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References in classic literature ?
He said to himself that he had doubtless exaggerated the significance of Zeena's threats, and that she too, with the return of daylight, would come to a saner mood.
One could feel that a saner religion had never prevailed under the sky.
A pleasanter and saner woman than Mary Datchet was never seen within a committee-room.
Had there been any scandal in the dead man's family, or had his sons been wild or undutiful, then there might have been a glimmering of reason in this most unusual action; but Eben Hale's domestic happiness had been proverbial in the community, and one would have to travel far and wide to discover a cleaner, saner, wholesomer progeny of sons and daughters.
I called upon my higher and saner self, the real G.
Might it not rather be a disease--a sort of intermittent delirium, concentrating my energy of brain into moments of unhealthy activity, and leaving my saner hours all the more barren?
A saner man would have found himself often enough "in formal opposition" to what are deemed "the most sacred laws of society," through obedience to yet more sacred laws, and so have tested his resolution without going out of his way.
I suppose she would appear to us saner if she thought only of herself."
Perhaps he had dragged the two English policemen to the wastes of a nocturnal heath on an errand no saner than seeking figs on its thistles.
When he can do so without exercising restraint on others, or suffering it ever, and his activities are all pleasurable to him, he will be saner, healthier, more civilised, more himself.
A saner world would have perceived this patent need for a reasonable synthesis, would have discussed it temperately, achieved and gone on to organise the great civilisation that was manifestly possible to mankind.
Those saner minds able to knock some sense on Trump are dwindling alarmingly.