Synonyms for propriety
prəˈpraɪ ɪ tipro·pri·ety

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1. propriety

   Synonyms:
   fitness, appropriateness, justness, correctness, expediency, decorum

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1. propriety, properness, correctitudenoun

   correct or appropriate behavior

   Synonyms:
   correctitude, properness

   Antonyms:
   improperness, impropriety

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1. proprietynoun

   Synonyms:
   fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness

2. proprietynoun

   Synonyms:
   decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality

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1. List of paraphrases for "propriety":

   decorum, appropriateness, decency, regularity, validity, relevance, adequacy, correctness, corrigendum, soundness, suitability, correction

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1. Confucius:

   Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

2. Cervantes:

   Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.

3. Rick Hess:

   If I'm a conservative who is uncomfortable about race-based preferences, the argument for race-based preferences that Harvard University is making -- that Harvard University has so much integrity and Harvard University is so careful that we can trust them to dance in gray areas of constitutional propriety because they exercise great discretion -- takes a huge blow.

4. Queen Victoria:

   The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of Woman's Rights with all its attendant horrors on which her poor, feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety.

5. James L. Gallogly:

   That false narrative is now also being used to question the motives and propriety of the ongoing investigation of alleged misconduct, the university was required by law to commence an investigation upon the receipt of complaint(s). That process has been ongoing according to its procedural mandate. The Jones Day law firm was hired to conduct an independent and unbiased, expert investigation and issue a report which the firm has now done.