decorousness

Definition of decorousnessnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorousness
Noun
  • Reserving Lounge Chairs Planning to wake up early and claim lounge chairs in a prime location on the pool deck with your towels and personal belongings—and then head off to the fitness center, breakfast and to a cupcake decorating demonstration before making your way back to actually use them?
    Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • Top-of-the-line treatments like volcanic hot-stone massages and rejuvenating facials are available, but so is a steam room, sauna, relaxation room, terrace, and small fitness center.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
Noun
  • Setting aside the question of whether any secondhand store would even want it, what is the appropriate etiquette?
    Judith Martin, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • What is summer wedding guest nail color etiquette, or the best nail colors that will give your hands that glowy tan?
    Audrey Noble, Vogue, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The laws regulating habitual drunkards were intended not to protect the general public against serious danger, but to protect civil order and decorum.
    Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026
  • But despite Clark’s wrongdoings on and off the course, the decorum of being a golf patron, especially at a major championship, is paramount.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Genuine results are derived from the ability to assess and influence real-time payment decisions regarding appropriateness and alignment with actual costs of care.
    Bruce Roffe, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • On April 14, after the presentation and discussion, the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board voted to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project but with conditions and limitations.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • For the same reason, Twain would have scant patience with the political correctness that reigns in much of the media world today.
    Ron Chernow, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
  • These systems—such as Isabelle, Lean, and Rocq—are specialized programming languages that check mathematical proofs step-by-step, verifying their logical correctness.
    Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • At first glance, the three-part tonneau case sits with conservative propriety on the wrist.
    Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The second agreement precludes the Justice Department or any other federal agency from investigating the propriety of that funding.
    Nick Akerman, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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