Propriety synonyms

prə-prī'ĭ-tē

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correspondence
(Countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
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appropriate
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
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aptness
Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility
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advisability
(Uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent; advisableness.
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accordance
The act of granting
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consonance
(Chiefly music) harmony; agreement; lack of discordance
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seemliness
(Uncountable) The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.
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appropriateness
The quality or condition of being appropriate
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congruity
Agreement; harmony
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modesty
The quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
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good breeding
Suitability
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dignity
The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
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concord
A treaty establishing peaceful relations.
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harmony
A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest:
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expedience
Expediency.
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convenience
Personal comfort or advantage:
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pleasantness
(Countable) Something pleasant.
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welcomeness
The condition of being welcome
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decorum
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.
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good-manners
The treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and showing correct public behaviour.
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good behavior
In criminal sentencing law, the conduct by a prisoner that may justify a reduction in his or her sentence.
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correctness
Conformity to the truth or to fact
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inconsistency (antonym)
The state of being inconsistent
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incongruity (antonym)
Lack of harmony or agreement
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inappropriateness (antonym)
(Countable) The result of being inappropriate.
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fitness (related)
The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
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behavior (related)
The manner in which a physical system, such as a gas, subatomic particle, or ecosystem, acts or functions, especially under specified conditions.
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decorous
Characterized by or showing decorum, propriety, good taste, etc.
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pertinent
Clearly related to a matter at hand.
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relevant
Meaningful or purposeful in current society or culture:
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amenity
(Cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.
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attribute
(Grammar) A word or phrase syntactically subordinate to another word or phrase that it modifies; for example, my sister's and brown in my sister's brown dog.
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code
A sequence of biochemical molecular units that combine in certain specific ways, as in the genetic code
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conduct
Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
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convenance
(Obsolete) conventional propriety
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conventionality
The quality, fact, or condition of being conventional
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correctitude
Appropriate manners and behavior; propriety.
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courtesy
Polite behavior.
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customs
The agency or procedure for collecting such taxes, or the place where they are collected.
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decency
Things needed for a proper or comfortable standard of living
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etiquette
The rules for such forms, manners, and ceremonies
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grace
Mercy; clemency.
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manners
Plural form of manner
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pertinence
The quality of being pertinent or appropriate; relevance
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pertinency
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
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relevance
The property or state of being relevant or pertinent.
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relevancy
(Law, Scotland) sufficiency to infer the conclusion
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rigorism
Harshness or strictness in conduct, judgment, or practice.
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rule
A statute or regulation governing the court process:
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scrupulosity
The property of being scrupulous.
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suitability
The quality of being suitable.
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urbanity
The quality of being urbane
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bad-manners (antonym)
The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.
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impropriety (antonym)
An improper or unacceptable use of a word or phrase (Ex.: “borrow” for “lend”)
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misconduct (antonym)
Bad behavior.
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misbehavior (antonym)
The definition of misbehavior are the actions of someone who is behaving wrong.
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indecorum (antonym)
Indecorous conduct, speech, etc.
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unsuitableness (antonym)
The state or quality of being unsuited or inappropriate.
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wrong (antonym)
An unjust, injurious, or immoral act:
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immorality (antonym)
An immoral act or practice; vice
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decentness
The state or quality of being decent.
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decorousness
The state or quality of being decorous.
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properness
(Mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).
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respectability
The quality or state of being respectable
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respectableness
Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance
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ethic
The definition of an ethic is a rule of moral behavior.
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ethicality
The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
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ethicalness
(Rare) The state or quality of being ethical.
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morality
(Uncountable) Recognition of the distinction between good and evil or between right and wrong; respect for and obedience to the rules of right conduct; the mental disposition or characteristic of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good results.
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righteousness
The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
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rightfulness
The state or quality of being rightful.
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rightness
Agreement with truth or fact; correctness
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Also used in plural: decorum
Socially correct behavior.
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good form
(Chiefly UK) Behavior that is both morally and socially correct; proper manner, decorum or etiquette.
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manner
A way or method in which something is done or happens; mode or fashion of procedure
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mores
The accepted traditional customs and usages of a particular social group.
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p's and q's
Socially correct behavior; manners.
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Used in plural: amenity
A courteous act or courteous acts that contribute to smoothness and ease in dealings and social relationships.
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civility
Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way
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pleasantry
The definition of a pleasantry is a polite social remark made as part of general conversation, or a little joke.
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politeness
Politeness is defined as behaving in a socially acceptable way with proper manners and etiquette.
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usual (related)
Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance
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right (related)
A legal or moral entitlement.
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impartiality (related)
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probity (related)
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truthfulness (related)
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legality (related)
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prudence (related)
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recommendability
Suitability
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compatibility
(Telecommunications) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.
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Propriety Sentence Examples

  • The propriety of this extended use is open to question and is denied by some logicians.

  • They broke the chain of authority, without, however, recognizing the propriety of toleration.

  • The Local Government Board must make inquiry into the propriety of allowing the lands to be taken, and the power to acquire the lands compulsorily can only be conferred by means of a provisional order confirmed by parliament.

  • He usually dressed in black, with unobtrusive propriety.

  • They refuted him easily on many specific points, but carefully abstained from discussing the real question, at issue, namely the propriety of free inquiry.

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