About The Word Decorum
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Decorum
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What's The Definition Of Decorum?
[n] propriety in manners and conduct
Synonyms | Synonyms for Decorum: decorousness Related Terms | Find terms related to Decorum: amenities | appropriateness | becomingness | bienseance | ceremoniousness | civilities | civility | comity | conformity | convenance | convention | conventional usage | conventionalism | conventionality | correctitude | correctness | courtliness | custom | decencies | decency | decorousness | delicacy | deportment | dignity | diplomatic code | elegance | elegancies | etiquette | exquisite manners | felicity | fitness | fittingness | form | formalities | formality | genteelness | gentility | good form | good manners | goodness | happiness | mannerliness | manners | meetness | modesty | mores | natural politeness | niceness | normality | normativeness | order | orderliness | point of etiquette | politeness | politesse | properness | proprieties | propriety | protocol | pudency | pudicity | punctilio | quiet good manners | respectability | righteousness | rightness | rules of conduct | seemliness | shame | social code | social conduct | social convention | social graces | social procedures | social usage | solemnity | suitability | urbanity | usage See Also | becomingness | correctitude | properness | propriety Decorum In Webster's Dictionary \De*cor"um\, n. [L. dec[=o]rum, fr. dec[=o]rus. See
{Decorous}.]
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.
Negligent of the duties and decorums of his station.
--Hallam.
If your master Would have a queen his beggar, you must
tell him, That majesty, to keep decorum, must No less
beg than a kingdom. --Shak.
Syn: {Decorum}, {Dignity}.
Usage: Decorum, in accordance with its etymology, is that
which is becoming in outward act or appearance; as,
the decorum of a public assembly. Dignity springs from
an inward elevation of soul producing a corresponding
effect on the manners; as, dignity of personal
appearance.
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