| Main Entry: | good manners |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social graces |
Synonyms: |
courtesy, etiquette, formality, graciousness, mannerliness, politeness, respect, respectfulness |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, discourtesy, rudeness |
| 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: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sophistication, cultivation |
Synonyms: |
aristocracy, blue blood, civility, courtesy, courtliness, culture, decorum, elegance, elite, etiquette, flower*, formality, gentle birth, gentlefolk, gentry, good breeding, good family, good manners, high birth, mannerliness, nobility, optimacy, polish, politeness, propriety, quality, rank, refinement, respectability, ruling class, society, upper class, upper crust, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
coarseness, crudeness, roughness, rusticity |
| Main Entry: | refinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation, civilization |
Synonyms: |
affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, fastidiousness, fine point, fine tuning, fineness, finesse, finish, gentility, gentleness, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
bad manners, crudeness, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | courteousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | courtesy |
Synonyms: |
civility, genteelness, gentility, good manners, graciousness, mannerliness, manners, politeness |
| 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: | gentility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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