Decorum

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  • noun. Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety.
  • noun. The conventions or requirements of polite behavior.
  • noun. The appropriateness of an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Propriety of speech, behavior, or dress; formal politeness; orderliness; seemliness; decency.
  • noun. In general, fitness, suitableness, or propriety of anything, with respect to occasion, purpose, or use.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Appropriate social behavior; propriety
  • noun. A convention of social behavior
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. propriety in manners and conduct
  • Word Usage
    "Is not the cant sometimes on the side of those who are so anxious for what they call decorum?"
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    Aurum  aurum  corum  forum  quorum  
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