noun
- Conformity to recognized standards, as of conduct or appearance: comeliness, correctness, decency, decentness, decorum, properness, propriety, respectability, respectableness, seemliness. See usual/unusual.
decorousness
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
propriety in manners and conduct
Synonym: decorum
Antonym: indecorousness (meaning #1)
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