| Main Entry: | good form |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | manners |
Synonyms: |
amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, mien, mores, p's and q's, polish, politeness, polites |
| 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: | manners |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polite, refined social behavior |
Synonyms: |
amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, good form, mien, mores, p's and q's, polish, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, refinement, social graces, sophistication, taste, urbanity |
| Notes: | manner means a way of acting or behaving or how something is done; manners is socially correct behavior; a manor is the landed estate of a lord |
| 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: | protocol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation |
Synonyms: |
agreement, code, compact, concordat, contract, conventions, courtesy, covenant, custom, decorum, etiquette, formalities, good form, manners, obligation, order, p's and q's, pact, politesse, propriety, treaty |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, crudeness, impropriety |
| Main Entry: | properness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency |
Synonyms: |
appropriateness, ceremoniousness, civility, comeliness, conventionality, correctness, courtesy, decentness, decorousness, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, fittingness, formality, good form, good manners, honesty, modesty, propriety, respectability, respectableness, righteousness, seemliness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | respectableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency |
Synonyms: |
appropriateness, ceremoniousness, civility, comeliness, conventionality, correctness, courtesy, decentness, decorousness, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, fittingness, formality, good form, good manners, honesty, modesty, properness, propriety, respectability, righteousness, seemliness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | seemliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency |
Synonyms: |
appropriateness, ceremoniousness, civility, comeliness, conventionality, correctness, courtesy, decentness, decorousness, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, fittingness, formality, good form, good manners, honesty, modesty, properness, propriety, respectability, respectableness, righteousness, virtue |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
opportune, acceptable, advisable, applicable, apposite, as it ought to be, as it should be, becoming, befitting, comme il faut, condecent, condign, convenient, deserved, desirable, due, eligible, even, fair, fit, fitting, good, idoneous, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, meet, proper, reasonable, right, rightful, seemly, suitable, worthwhile
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