Synonyms for decorum
dɪˈkɔr əm, -ˈkoʊr-deco·rum

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1. decorum, decorousnessnoun

   propriety in manners and conduct

   Synonyms:
   decorousness

   Antonyms:
   indecorousness, indecorum

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1. • Propriety

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1. decorumnoun

   Synonyms:
   decency, propriety, seemliness, appropriate behavior

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1. List of paraphrases for "decorum":

   decency, respectability, propriety

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1. Chief Justice John Roberts:

   Somebody does have to moderate the discussion, somebody does have to do what they can to maintain order and decorum during arguments ... somebody does have to represent the institution to the outside world and to the other political branches.

2. Amy Berman Jackson:

   Order and decorum and dignity are not just old-fashioned pleasantries.

3. Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin:

   The Republican Majority Leader announced over the weekend that he was going to hold this nomination of Loretta Lynch until the bill, which is pending before the Senate passes, whenever that may be, and so Loretta Lynch, the first African-American woman nominated to be attorney general, is asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar. That is unfair. It's unjust. It is beneath the decorum and dignity of the United States Senate. This woman deserves fairness.

4. Sue Vinton:

   Freedom in this body involves obedience to all the rules of this body, including the rules of decorum.

5. Walter Scott:

   One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.