comportment
How one carries oneself
Comportment is how someone carries themselves—their manner, bearing, and behavior in social situations.
The word suggests conscious self-presentation and dignity: Her comportment at the funeral was graceful and composed.
It often appears in contexts involving etiquette, professionalism, or public conduct: The academy emphasized proper comportment alongside academics.
Body position, alignment
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- gaitLocomotion pattern
- deportmentManner and conduct
presence · poise · mien · bearing · alignment · uprightness · form · balance
Rules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
politeness · protocol · formality · respectability · genteelness · tact · diplomacy · graciousness
Effortless beauty of motion
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- refinementElegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- dignityInnate personal worth
class · finesse · charm · polish · suavity · urbanity · gallantry · nobility
Manner of conducting oneself
- actionsThings someone does
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- restraintControl over impulses
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
professionalism · ethics · morality · integrity · decency · rectitude · propriety · accountability
posture
Body position, alignment
deportment · presence · poise · mien · bearing · alignment · uprightness · form · balance · erectness
etiquette
Rules of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
civility · politeness · protocol · formality · respectability · genteelness · tact · diplomacy · graciousness · savoir-faire
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- refinementElegance of manner
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
dignity · class · finesse · charm · polish · suavity · urbanity · gallantry · nobility · delicacy
behavior
Manner of conducting oneself
- actionsThings someone does
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- restraintControl over impulses
self-control · professionalism · ethics · morality · integrity · decency · rectitude · propriety · accountability · responsibility
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- demeanorbehavior, conduct, deportment, bearing, demeanor
- etiquettemanners, politeness, etiquette, table manners, courtesy
- refinementrefinement, elegance, sophistication, polish, taste
- bearingsball bearing, ball bearings, roller bearing, roller bearings, bearing
comportmentmisconduct
Improper professional behavior
misbehavior · impropriety · boorishness · uncouthness · bad manners
comportmentabandon
Leave behind permanently
unselfconsciousness · wildness · recklessness · heedlessness · thoughtlessness