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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

the quality or state of being appropriate, decent, or suitable;

e.g. She always acts with the utter most propriety around guests.

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Similar Words

Chivalry

Correctitude

Decency

Decorum

Etiquette

Felicity

Fitness

Form

Happiness

Hospitality

Manner

Mores

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Opposite Words

Debauchery

Degeneracy

Degradation

Depravity

Dis

Discourtesy

Dishonesty

Disrespect

Diss

Evil

Immorality

Impertinence

Impropriety

Imprudence

Impudence

Incivility

Incompatibility

Incongruence

Incongruity

Indiscretion

Iniquity

Insolence

Irrelevancy

Libertinism

Perversion

Rudeness

Sin

Vice

Vulgarity

Wickedness

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Related Words

Adequacy

Air

Attention

Attitude

Bearing

Care

Carriage

Character

Chastity

Civility

Congruity

Connection

Convenience

Convention

Correctitude

Courtesy

Custom

Decency

Decorum

Demeanor

Deportment

Dignity

Discretion

Etiquette

Fashion

Fitness

Gentility

Goodness

Grace

Habit

Honesty

Honor

Innocence

Integrity

Materiality

Mien

Mode

Modesty

Morality

Pattern

Poise

Polish

Pose

Posture

Practice

Presence

Probity

Protocol

Prudence

Purity

Rectitude

Refinement

Relevance

Relevancy

Style

Trick

Usefulness

Validity

Virtue

Way

Wont

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