impropriety
noun
[ ˌɪmprəˈprʌɪəti ]
• failure to observe standards of honesty or modesty; improper behaviour or character.
• "she was scandalized at the impropriety of the question"
Similar:
wrongdoing,
misconduct,
dishonesty,
corruption,
unscrupulousness,
illegitimacy,
unprofessionalism,
irregularity,
inappropriateness,
unseemliness,
indecorousness,
indiscretion,
indelicacy,
injudiciousness,
indecency,
immorality,
unwholesomeness,
immodesty,
indecorum,
bad taste,
impoliteness,
transgression,
misdemeanour,
offence,
misdeed,
improper act,
sin,
crime,
felony,
mistake,
slip,
error,
blunder,
lapse,
peccadillo,
trespass,
Origin:
early 17th century (also in the sense ‘inaccuracy’): from French impropriété or Latin improprietas, from improprius (see improper).
