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Impropriety

Impropriety Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Impropriety? [n] an act of undue intimacy [n] an indecent or improper act [n] an improper demeanor Synonyms \| Synonyms for Impropriety: familiarity \| improperness \| indecency \| indecorum \| liberty Related Terms \| Find terms related to Impropriety: aberrance \| aberrancy \| abnormality \| anomaly \| atrocity \| Babbittry \| bad taste \| badness \| barbarism \| barbarousness \| blunder \| bombasticness \| bourgeois taste \| breach \| cacology \| cacophony \| camp \| campiness \| clumsiness \| coarseness \| colloquialism \| corruption \| crime \| crime against humanity \| criminality \| crudeness \| cumbrousness \| deadly sin \| delinquency \| dereliction \| deviance \| deviancy \| discourtesy \| disentitlement \| disorder \| disorderliness \| disorderly conduct \| disruption \| disruptiveness \| dysphemism \| empty claim \| empty title \| enormity \| erroneousness \| error \| evil \| excess \| failure \| false claim \| falseness \| falsity \| fault \| faux pas \| felony \| frowned-upon behavior \| gaffe \| gaucherie \| genocide \| Gothicism \| gracelessness \| grossness \| guilty act \| harshness \| heaviness \| heavy sin \| high camp \| hooliganism \| horseplay \| ill-balanced sentences \| illegality \| immodesty \| immorality \| imprecision \| improperness \| impurity \| inaccuracy \| inaccurateness \| inadmissibility \| inapplicability \| inappositeness \| inappropriateness \| inaptitude \| inaptness \| inauspiciousness \| incompatibility \| inconcinnity \| incongruity \| incongruousness \| inconvenience \| incorrectness \| indecency \| indecorousness \| indecorum \| indelicacy \| indiscreetness \| indiscretion \| inelegance \| inelegancy \| inequitableness \| inequity \| inexactitude \| inexactness \| inexpedience \| inexpiable sin \| infelicity \| infraction \| iniquitousness \| iniquity \| injury \| injustice \| inopportuneness \| inopportunity \| intempestivity \| interruption \| intrusion \| invalid claim \| irregularity \| irrelevance \| irrelevancy \| kitsch \| lack of claim \| lack of finish \| lack of polish \| lapse \| lasciviousness \| lateness \| leadenness \| lewdness \| localism \| low camp \| maladjustment \| malefaction \| malfeasance \| malum \| mesalliance \| minor wrong \| misalliance \| misbehavior \| misconduct \| misdeed \| misdemeanor \| misdoing \| misfeasance \| misjoinder \| misjoining \| mismatch \| mistake \| mortal sin \| naughtiness \| no claim \| nonfeasance \| nonsanctioned behavior \| offense \| omission \| outrage \| peccadillo \| peccancy \| philistinism \| pompousness \| ponderousness \| poor diction \| poor taste \| pop \| pop culture \| prematurity \| roughhouse \| roughness \| rowdiness \| rowdyism \| rudeness \| ruffianism \| sesquipedalianism \| sesquipedality \| sin \| sin of commission \| sin of omission \| sinful act \| sinfulness \| slang \| slip \| slipshod construction \| stiltedness \| suggestiveness \| taboo word \| tastelessness \| tort \| transgression \| trespass \| trip \| turgidity \| unaestheticism \| unaestheticness \| unbecomingness \| unchastity \| uncongeniality \| uncouthness \| undeservedness \| undeservingness \| undueness \| unentitledness \| uneuphoniousness \| unfavorableness \| unfitness \| unfittingness \| unfortunateness \| ungracefulness \| unjustness \| unlawfulness \| unmeetness \| unmeritedness \| unpropitiousness \| unrefinement \| unrighteousness \| unripeness \| unseasonableness \| unseemliness \| unsuitability \| unsuitableness \| untimeliness \| unutterable sin \| unwieldiness \| vandalism \| venial sin \| vice \| violation \| vulgar taste \| vulgarism \| vulgarity \| vulgarness \| wickedness \| wrong \| wrongdoing \| wrongfulness \| wrongness See Also \| behavior \| behaviour \| conduct \| demeanor \| demeanour \| deportment \| inappropriateness \| incorrectness \| indecency \| indecorousness \| indecorum \| indelicacy \| misbehavior \| misbehaviour \| misdeed \| obscenity \| wrongness Impropriety In Webster's Dictionary \Im`propri"ety\, n.; pl. {Improprieties}. [L. improprietas; cf. F. impropri['e]t['e]. See {Improper}.] 1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness to character, time place, or circumstances; as, impropriety of behavior or manners. 2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or an inaccurate use of language. But every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities. --Johnson. Many gross improprieties, however authorized by practice, ought to be discarded. --Swift.

Impropriety Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impropriety?

[n] an act of undue intimacy
[n] an indecent or improper act
[n] an improper demeanor

Impropriety In Webster's Dictionary

\Im`pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Improprieties}. [L.
improprietas; cf. F. impropri['e]t['e]. See {Improper}.]
1. The quality of being improper; unfitness or unsuitableness
   to character, time place, or circumstances; as,
   impropriety of behavior or manners.

2. That which is improper; an unsuitable or improper act, or
   an inaccurate use of language.

         But every language has likewise its improprieties
         and absurdities.                      --Johnson.

         Many gross improprieties, however authorized by
         practice, ought to be discarded.      --Swift.

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