Propriety

[prə'praɪətɪ] or [prə'praɪəti]

Definition

(noun.) correct or appropriate behavior.

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Definition

(n.) Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

(n.) That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.

(n.) The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness.[2]. Decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fitness, appropriateness, justness, correctness, expediency, decorum,[SeeEXPEDIENCY_and_DECORUM]

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Definition

n. a person's right of possession: state of being proper or right: agreement with established principles or customs: fitness: accuracy: property: (obs.) individuality.—The proprieties conventional customs of society.

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Examples

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