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Decorum

Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.

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Becomingness 76% connected

The quality of being becoming, appropriate, or fit; congruity; fitness.

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Properness 76% connected

The quality of being proper.

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Propriety 76% connected

Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.

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Decorous 74% connected

Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decoro…

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Decorous 74% connected

Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decoro…

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Indecorum 94% connected

Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecor…

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Indecorum 94% connected

Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or etiquette; indecor…

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Address verb · 78% connection

A formal communication, either written or spoken; a discourse; a speech; a formal application to any one; a petition; a formal stateme…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Bad noun · 78% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Badness noun · 78% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Behavior noun · 78% connection

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objec…

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Career noun · 78% connection

General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually appli…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Character noun · 78% connection

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Clever adjective · 78% connection

Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

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Clothes n. pl. · 78% connection

Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for de…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Consistency noun · 78% connection

Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmon…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Conveniency noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.

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Cool superl. · 78% connection

Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audaci…

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Correct adjective · 78% connection

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; fre…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Decence noun · 78% connection

Decency.

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Decencies pl. · 78% connection

of Decency

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Decency noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions…

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Deformity adjective · 78% connection

Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from order or the established laws of pro…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: propriety, conduct, grace, arising, suitableness.
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Delicacy adjective · 78% connection

Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerate…

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Discretion noun · 78% connection

The quality of being discreet; wise conduct and management; cautious discernment, especially as to matters of propriety and self-contr…

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