propriety
noun
[ prəˈprʌɪəti ]
• conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour or morals.
• "he always behaved with the utmost propriety"
Similar:
decorum,
respectability,
decency,
correctness,
appropriateness,
good manners,
courtesy,
politeness,
rectitude,
civility,
modesty,
demureness,
sobriety,
refinement,
decorousness,
seemliness,
becomingness,
discretion,
gentility,
etiquette,
breeding,
conventionality,
orthodoxy,
formality,
protocol,
probity,
couth,
tenue,
social conventions,
social grace(s),
social niceties,
one's Ps and Qs,
standards,
civilities,
ceremony,
formalities,
rules of conduct,
accepted behaviour,
conventionalities,
good form,
the done thing,
the thing to do,
punctilio,
attention to detail,
convenance(s),
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘peculiarity, essential quality’): from Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas (see property).
