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Definition of Decorum
1. Noun. Propriety in manners and conduct.
Generic synonyms: Correctitude, Properness, Propriety
Specialized synonyms: Becomingness
Derivative terms: Decorous, Decorous, Decorous, Decorous
Antonyms: Indecorousness, Indecorum
Definition of Decorum
1. n. Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.
Definition of Decorum
1. Noun. Appropriate social behavior; propriety ¹
2. Noun. A convention of social behavior ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decorum
1. conformity to social conventions [n -S]
Medical Definition of Decorum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Decorum
Literary usage of Decorum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elizabethan Critical Essays by George Gregory Smith (1904)
"decorum. One of the most persistent topics is the adjustment of the classical
notion of decorum to English style. It recurs in the discussion of almost ..."
2. Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives by Clarence A. Cannon, United States Congress. House, Thomas Jefferson (1919)
"5. Calendars shall be printed daily. 5 788A. Calendars 111, • , jj -1 Rule adopted
Sixty-second Congress. RULE XIV. OF decorum AND DEBATE. 1. ..."
3. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"Her decorum is invariable. She boasts that she was never guilty of Uie indecency
of violent passion. Poor woman ! she fancies there is no violent passion ..."
4. A Manual for Courts-martial, Courts of Inquiry, and of Other Procedure Under by United States War Dept (1916)
"decorum to be observed.—Trials before courts-martial will be conducted with the
decorum observed in civil courts. The conduct of members should accordingly ..."
5. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"The supper was given in the long gallery, and "everything conducted with the
greatest decorum." Governor Robert Hunter Morris gave a supper and ball there ..."
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