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sane

 
/seɪn/ adj [-er/-est only]

Definition

having a reasonable or healthy mind, or showing good judgment and understanding: Your work, he said, is the one thing that keeps you sane in this crazy world. sanity
 
/ˈsæn·ɪ·t̬i/ n [U]
He was beginning to doubt his own sanity.
(Definition of sane adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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