Meaning of DEPORTMENT
| Pronunciation: | | di'powrtmunt
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| | Definition: | | [n] (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people |
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| | Synonyms: | | behavior, behaviour, conduct, demeanor, demeanour |
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| | See Also: | | citizenship, correctitude, improperness, impropriety, manner, manners, personal manner, properness, propriety, swashbuckling, trait | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*port"ment\, n. [F. d['e]portement misconduct,
OF., demeanor. See {Deport}.]
Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of
acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with
respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior;
demeanor; bearing.
The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through
many difficulties. --Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, carriage, comportment, conduct, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, doing, doings, folkway, gestures, goings-on, guise, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, pattern, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, set, social science, style, tactics, tone, way, way of life, ways |
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