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noun
The state or quality of being decorous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A decorous behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
propriety in manners and conduct
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: decorum
Antonyms: indecorousness
Broader terms: propriety, properness, correctitude
Narrower terms: becomingness
History
Etymology tree English decorous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English decorousness From decorous + -ness.
