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. Jeff Pash:

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

2. Robert Chapman:

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

3. Jonathan Swift:

   A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?

4. Confucius:

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

5. Patrick Henry:

   Are we at last brought to such a humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our own defence Where is the difference between having our arms in our own possession and under our own direction, and having them under the management of Congress If our defence be therealobject of having those arms, in whose hands can they be trusted with more propriety, or equal safety to us, as in our own hands