'Propriety' definitions:
Definition of 'propriety'
From: WordNet
noun
Correct or appropriate behavior [syn: propriety, properness, correctitude] [ant: improperness, impropriety]
Definition of 'Propriety'
From: GCIDE
- Propriety \Pro*pri"e*ty\, n.; pl. Proprieties. [F. propri['e]t['e], L. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Property, Proper.]
- 1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] "Onles this propriety be exiled." --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
- So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- We find no mention hereof in ancient zoographers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc. "The rule of propriety," --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'propriety'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admissibility,
- advantage,
- advantageousness,
- advisability,
- amenities,
- applicability,
- appositeness,
- appropriateness,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- Atticism,
- auspiciousness,
- becomingness,
- beneficialness,
- bienseance,
- breeding,
- ceremony,
- chargedness,
- chasteness,
- chastity,
- civilities,
- civility,
- clarity,
- classicalism,
- classicism,
- clearness,
- comeliness,
- conformity,
- convenance,
- convenience,
- convention,
- conventional usage,
- conventionalism,
- conventionality,
- correctitude,
- correctness,
- courtesy,
- criticality,
- crucialness,
- custom,
- decencies,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- defensibility,
- delicacy,
- desirability,
- dignity,
- directness,
- discrimination,
- distinction,
- drumhead justice,
- dueness,
- ease,
- elegance,
- elegancy,
- equitableness,
- equity,
- etiquette,
- evenhandedness,
- expedience,
- expediency,
- favorableness,
- feasibility,
- felicitousness,
- felicity,
- finish,
- fitness,
- fittedness,
- fittingness,
- flow,
- flowing periods,
- fluency,
- form,
- formality,
- fruitfulness,
- genteelness,
- gentility,
- give-and-take,
- good form,
- good taste,
- goodness,
- grace,
- gracefulness,
- gracility,
- happiness,
- health,
- justice,
- justifiability,
- justifiableness,
- justification,
- justness,
- lawfulness,
- legality,
- limpidity,
- loadedness,
- lucidity,
- mannerliness,
- measure for measure,
- meetness,
- modesty,
- mores,
- naturalism,
- naturalness,
- naturism,
- neatness,
- nemesis,
- niceness,
- normalcy,
- normality,
- normalness,
- normativeness,
- opportuneness,
- order,
- orderliness,
- pellucidity,
- percentage,
- perspicuity,
- plainness,
- poetic justice,
- polish,
- politeness,
- politesse,
- politicness,
- pregnancy,
- profit,
- profitability,
- properness,
- propitiousness,
- proprieties,
- protocol,
- prudence,
- pudency,
- pudicity,
- punctilio,
- purity,
- qualification,
- realism,
- refinement,
- regularity,
- relevance,
- respectability,
- restraint,
- retributive justice,
- right,
- righteousness,
- rightfulness,
- rightness,
- ripeness,
- ritual,
- rude justice,
- scales of justice,
- seasonableness,
- sedateness,
- seemliness,
- shame,
- simplicity,
- smoothness,
- social convention,
- social usage,
- straightforwardness,
- suitability,
- suitableness,
- summary justice,
- taste,
- tastefulness,
- terseness,
- the proprieties,
- timeliness,
- tradition,
- unaffectedness,
- urbanity,
- usefulness,
- warrantability,
- warrantedness,
- what is right,
- wholesomeness,
- wisdom,
- worthwhileness