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Definitions for Propriety
[1] conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
[2] appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability.
[3] rightness or justness.
[4] the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners: to observe the proprieties.
[5] Obsolete . a property.
[6] Obsolete . a peculiarity or characteristic of something.
[7] the quality or state of being appropriate or fitting
[8] conformity to the prevailing standard of behaviour, speech, etc
[9] the proprieties (plural) the standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society
Words related to Propriety
legitimacy, decorum, correctness, suitability, rectitude, respectability, morality, dignity, modesty, decency, correspondence, consonance, pleasantness, concord, justice, accordance, compatibility, properness, convenience, advisability
Words nearby Propriety
proprietary medicine, proprietary name, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, propriety, proprio motu, proprio-, proprioception, proprioceptive, proprioceptive mechanism
Origin of Propriety
1425–75; late Middle English propriete ownership, something owned, one's own nature (compare variant proprete property) < Middle French propriété < Latin proprietās peculiarity, ownership, equivalent to propri(us ) proper + -etās, variant, after vowels, of -itās -ity
Words that may be confused with Propriety
Other words from Propriety
non·pro·pri·e·ty , noun, plural non·pro·pri·e·ties.
Word origin for Propriety
C15: from Old French propriété, from Latin proprietās a peculiarity, from proprius one's own
Synonyms for Propriety
correctness, decorum, legitimacy, morality, rectitude, respectability, suitability, accordance, advisability, agreeableness, appositeness, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, concord, congruity, consonance, convenience, correspondence, expedience, fitness, harmony, justice, order, pleasantness, properness, rightness, seemliness, ethicality, meetness, recommendability