| Main Entry: | correctness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy |
Synonyms: |
definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, exactness, faultlessness, fidelity, preciseness, precision, regularity, truth |
Antonyms: |
fault, flaw, imperfection, impreciseness, inaccuracy, incorrectness, inexactness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | correctness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | propriety |
Synonyms: |
bon ton, civility, correctitude, decency, decorousness, decorum, fitness, good breeding, order, orderliness, properness, rightness, seemliness |
Antonyms: |
impropriety, incorrectness, infidelity, unacceptableness, unseemliness, unsuitability, unsuitableness |
| Main Entry: | decency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | respectable behavior |
Synonyms: |
appropriateness, ceremoniousness, civility, conventionality, correctness, courtesy, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, fittingness, formality, good form, good manners, honesty, modesty, propriety, respectability, righteousness, seemliness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
immodesty, immorality, impropriety, indecency, obsceneness, obscenity |
| Main Entry: | decorum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriate behavior, good manners |
Synonyms: |
breeding, civility, conduct, convenance, convention, correctitude, correctness, courtliness, decency, demeanor, deportment, dignity, etiquette, form, formality, gentility, good grace, gravity, habits, order, orderliness, politeness, politesse, properness, propriety, protocol, punctilio, respectability, seemliness, tact, usage |
Antonyms: |
bad behavior, bad manners, impoliteness, indecency, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | exactness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy, precision |
Synonyms: |
carefulness, correctness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, faithfulness, faultlessness, nicety, orderliness, painstakingness, preciseness, promptitude, regularity, rigor, rigorousness, scrupulousness, strictness, truth, unequivocalness, veracity |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactness, irregularity |
| Main Entry: | formality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | etiquette, protocol |
Synonyms: |
ceremoniousness, conventionalism, correctness, decorum, formalism, honors, mummery, p's and q's, politesse, propriety, punctiliousness |
Antonyms: |
informality |
| Main Entry: | precision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accuracy |
Synonyms: |
attention, care, carefulness, correctness, definiteness, definitiveness, definitude, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, heed, meticulousness, nicety, particularity, preciseness, rigor, sureness |
Antonyms: |
imprecision, inaccuracy, inexactness |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suitableness, appropriateness |
Synonyms: |
accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correctness, correspondence, decorum, ethicality, expedience, fitness, harmony, justice, legitimacy, meetness, morality, order, pleasantness, properness, recommendability, rectitude, respectability, rightness, seemliness, suitability |
Antonyms: |
immorality, impropriety, inappropriateness, unsuitableness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
Synonyms: |
accepted conduct, amenities, breeding, civilities, correctness, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, dignity, etiquette, good behavior, good form, modesty, mores*, niceties, politeness, politesse, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, refinement, respectability, rules of conduct, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, the done thing |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct |
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice, morality |
Synonyms: |
correctness, emancipation, enfranchisement, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, lawfulness, legality, liberty, properness, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
Antonyms: |
corruption, immorality, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong |