Propriety synonyms and antonyms
prə-prī'ĭ-tē
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Part of speech:
(Countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
A treaty establishing peaceful relations.
(Uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent; advisableness.
The act of granting
(Chiefly music) harmony; agreement; lack of discordance
(Uncountable) The property of being seemly, appropriateness of conduct or behavior.
The quality or condition of being appropriate
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Agreement; harmony
Suitability
The quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect.
A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest:
Expediency.
Personal comfort or advantage:
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(Countable) Something pleasant.
welcomeness
The condition of being welcome
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 treatment of other people with courtesy and politeness, and showing correct public behaviour.
good behavior
In criminal sentencing law, the conduct by a prisoner that may justify a reduction in his or her sentence.
Conformity to the truth or to fact
inconsistency (antonym)
The state of being inconsistent
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incongruity (antonym)
Lack of harmony or agreement
inappropriateness (antonym)
(Countable) The result of being inappropriate.
fitness (related)
The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
behavior (related)
The manner in which a physical system, such as a gas, subatomic particle, or ecosystem, acts or functions, especially under specified conditions.
Characterized by or showing decorum, propriety, good taste, etc.
Clearly related to a matter at hand.
Meaningful or purposeful in current society or culture:
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(Cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.
Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
(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.
A sequence of biochemical molecular units that combine in certain specific ways, as in the genetic code
Skillful guidance or management; generalship.
convenance
(Obsolete) conventional propriety
The quality, fact, or condition of being conventional
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Appropriate manners and behavior; propriety.
Polite behavior.
The agency or procedure for collecting such taxes, or the place where they are collected.
Things needed for a proper or comfortable standard of living
The rules for such forms, manners, and ceremonies
Mercy; clemency.
The quality of being pertinent or appropriate; relevance
(Law, Scotland) sufficiency to infer the conclusion
rigorism
Harshness or strictness in conduct, judgment, or practice.
A statute or regulation governing the court process:
scrupulosity
The property of being scrupulous.
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The quality of being suitable.
The quality of being urbane
bad-manners (antonym)
The treatment of other people in an impolite or discourteous way, or incorrect behaviour in public.
impropriety (antonym)
An improper or unacceptable use of a word or phrase (Ex.: “borrow” for “lend”)
misconduct (antonym)
Bad behavior.
misbehavior (antonym)
The definition of misbehavior are the actions of someone who is behaving wrong.
indecorum (antonym)
Indecorous conduct, speech, etc.
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unsuitableness (antonym)
The state or quality of being unsuited or inappropriate.
wrong (antonym)
An unjust, injurious, or immoral act:
immorality (antonym)
An immoral act or practice; vice
The state or quality of being decent.
The state or quality of being decorous.
(Mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).
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The quality or state of being respectable
Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance
The definition of an ethic is a rule of moral behavior.
The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
(Rare) The state or quality of being ethical.
The act or conduct of one who is righteous.
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The state or quality of being rightful.
Agreement with truth or fact; correctness
Also used in plural: decorum
Socially correct behavior.
A way or method in which something is done or happens; mode or fashion of procedure
The accepted traditional customs and usages of a particular social group.
Socially correct behavior; manners.
Used in plural: amenity
A courteous act or courteous acts that contribute to smoothness and ease in dealings and social relationships.
Politeness, esp. in a merely formal way
The definition of a pleasantry is a polite social remark made as part of general conversation, or a little joke.
Politeness is defined as behaving in a socially acceptable way with proper manners and etiquette.
usual (related)
Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance
right (related)
A legal or moral entitlement.
impartiality (related)
probity (related)
truthfulness (related)
legality (related)
prudence (related)
Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place; fitting.
(Countable) Resemblance; concordance; harmony.
recommendability
Suitability
(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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