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    pro·pri·e·ty
    [p(r)əˈprīədē]
    noun
    propriety (noun) · proprieties (plural noun)
    1. the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals:
      "he always behaved with the utmost propriety"
      • (proprieties)
        the details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct:
        "she's a great one for the proprieties"
      • the condition of being right, appropriate, or fitting:
        "they questioned the propriety of certain investments made by the council"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘peculiarity, essential quality’): from Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas (see property).
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    noun
    1. the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals:
      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
      standards
      civilities
      ceremony
      formalities
      good form
      punctilio
      convenance(s)
      tenue
      social conventions
      social grace(s)
      social niceties
      one's Ps and Qs
      rules of conduct
      accepted behavior
      conventionalities
      the done thing
      the thing to do
      attention to detail
      Opposite:
      impropriety
      indecorum
     
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    What is the difference between propriety and impropriety?
    Propriety is like the noun form of "proper" and "appropriate." It comes from the same root as the word property, in the sense of "a distinctive character or quality." The opposite of propriety is impropriety, meaning "rude or inappropriate."

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    What does propriety mean?
    decoro, etiqueta, propriedade… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! PROPRIETY definition: 1. correct moral behaviour or actions: 2. the rules of polite social behaviour: 3. correct moral…. Learn more.

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    Where did the word propriety come from?
    Origin propriety (1500-1600) French propriété “property, quality”, from Latin proprietas; → PROPERTY propriety meaning, definition, what is propriety: correctness of social or moral behaviour...: Learn more.

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    How many meanings does the noun propriety have?
    There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun propriety, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the noun propriety? How is the noun propriety pronounced? Where does the noun propriety come from? propriety propriety Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie

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    What does it mean if a person has a sense of propriety?
    Propriety is the quality of being socially or morally acceptable. Their sense of social propriety is eroded. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. Archaic a. b. 5. Obsolete Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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    What is the opposite of propriety?
    The opposite of propriety is impropriety, meaning "rude or inappropriate." If you're someone who is overly concerned with propriety, your friends beg you to loosen up now and then. "Propriety."

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    PROPRIETY meaning: 1 : behavior that is accepted as socially or morally correct and proper; 2 : the state or quality of being correct and proper

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