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DECOROUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decorousness mean? 

DECOROUSNESS (noun)
  The noun DECOROUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. propriety in manners and conductplay

  Familiarity information: DECOROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DECOROUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Propriety in manners and conduct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

decorousness; decorum

Hypernyms ("decorousness" is a kind of...):

correctitude; properness; propriety (correct or appropriate behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decorousness"):

becomingness (the quality of being becoming)

Antonym:

indecorousness (a lack of decorum)

Derivation:

decorous (characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct)

decorous (according with custom or propriety)


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