Sanity: the quality of a sound or healthy mind, rationality
?, the ability to discern right and wrong.
Sanity is generally defined by the absence of insanity
?, which is an old pejorative term for
mental illness.
See also:
Sanity is sometimes used as an engineering term to mean "internal consistency", as in the phrase "saity check". This has led to pins on integrated circuits being labeled "LOS": "loss of sanity".
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If anyone can help me find an encyclopedia article, even an old one, published anywhere, entitled "sanity," I would appreciate referral to same.