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. 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.

2. Jeff Pash:

   Today's decision powerfully underscores the fairness and propriety of this historic settlement.

3. Confucius:

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

4. Frederick Douglass:

   For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.

5. Robert Chapman:

   A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.