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Main Entry: social graces
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: good manners
Synonyms: breeding, civility, consideration, courtesy, decorum, elegancies, etiquette, formalities, manners, mores, polished manners, politeness, proper conduct, protocol, savoir vivre, table manners, tact

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Cite This Source Main Entry: behavior
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manner of conducting oneself
Synonyms: act, action, address, air, attitude, bag*, bearing, carriage, code, comportment, conduct, convention, course, dealings, decency, decorum, deed, delivery, demeanor, deportment, ethics, etiquette, expression, form, front, guise, habits, management, mien, mode, morals, nature, observance, performance, practice, presence, propriety, ritual, role, routine, savoir-faire, seemliness, social graces, speech, style, tact, talk, taste, tenue, tone, way, way of life, ways, what's done

* = informal/non-formal usage

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Main Entry: etiquette
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manners, politeness
Synonyms: amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior, mores, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, rules, seemliness, social graces, suavities, usage
Antonyms: bad manners
Main Entry: manners
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: polite, refined social behavior
Synonyms: amenities, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, ceremony, civilities, comportment, conduct, courtesy, culture, decorum, demeanor, deportment, dignity, elegance, etiquette, formalities, good breeding, good form, mien, mores, p's and q's, polish, politeness, politesse, propriety, protocol, refinement, social graces, sophistication, taste, urbanity
Notes: manner means a way of acting or behaving or how something is done; manners is socially correct behavior; a manor is the landed estate of a lord

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Main Entry: propriety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: good manners
Synonyms: accepted conduct, amenities, breeding, civilities, correctness, courtesy, decency, decorum, delicacy, dignity, etiquette, good behavior, good form, modesty, mores*, niceties, politeness, politesse, protocol, punctilio, rectitude, refinement, respectability, rules of conduct, seemliness, social conventions, social grace, the done thing
Antonyms: bad manners, impropriety, misbehavior, misconduct

* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: punctilio
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: etiquette
Synonyms: ceremony, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decorum, dignity, form, formalities, formality, mores, nicety, p's and q's, politesse, proper behavior, protocol, refinement, rules, social graces
Main Entry: sophistication
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: culture, style
Synonyms: composure, elegance, finesse, poise, refinement, savoir faire, savoir vivre, social grace, tact, urbanity, worldliness, worldly wisdom
Antonyms: ingenuousness, naiveté, simplicity
Main Entry: savoir faire
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tact
Synonyms: Aukflarung, cultivation, diplomacy, graciousness, poise, savoir-faire, savvy, social grace, social know-how, sophistication, suavity, worldliness

Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Cite This Source Related Words Main Entry: propriety
Part of Speech: noun
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opportune, acceptable, advisable, applicable, apposite, as it ought to be, as it should be, becoming, befitting, comme il faut, condecent, condign, convenient, deserved, desirable, due, eligible, even, fair, fit, fitting, good, idoneous, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, meet, proper, reasonable, right, rightful, seemly, suitable, worthwhile

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