Deportment

  • 11deportment — noun (U) 1 especially BrE the way that someone stands and walks: As a girl, she had lessons in elocution and deportment. 2 old fashioned especially AmE the way that a person, especially a young woman, behaves in public …

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  • 12deportment — noun unprofessional deportment Syn: behavior, conduct, performance; manners, practices, actions …

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  • 13deportment — noun Date: 1601 the manner in which one conducts oneself ; behavior Synonyms: see bearing …

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  • 14deportment — /di pawrt meuhnt, pohrt /, n. 1. demeanor; conduct; behavior. 2. the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher. [1595 1605; < F déportement, equiv. to déporte(r) (see DEPORT) + ment MENT] Syn. See behavior. * * * …

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  • 15deportment — Synonyms and related words: action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, carriage, comportment, conduct, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, doing, doings,&#8230; …

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  • 16deportment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. conduct, manners, actions, demeanor; see behavior 1 . See Synonym Study at bearing . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. behavior, conduct, carriage, demeanor, actions, manner, mien, bearing, air, posture. III (Roget s&#8230; …

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  • 17deportment — de|port|ment [ dı pɔrtmənt ] noun uncount FORMAL the way in which you walk or stand …

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  • 18deportment — de port·ment || mÉ™nt n. manner, behavior; posture, bearing; child s behavior in school …

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  • 19deportment — noun 1》 Brit. the way a person stands and walks, particularly as an element of etiquette. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. a person s behaviour or manners …

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  • 20deportment — n. Demeanor, behavior, carriage, conduct, bearing, manner, air, breeding …

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