good behavior
Following the rules
Good behavior is conduct that meets expectations of propriety, obedience, or social norms.
Children earn rewards for good behavior; prisoners may receive early release for it.
The phrase often implies compliance with authority: She was on her good behavior around her grandmother.
To be on one's best behavior is to act more carefully or politely than usual, typically because circumstances demand it.
Customs of polite conduct
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
protocol · propriety · tact · diplomacy · grace · poise · refinement · table manners
Moral goodness or merit
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
honor · uprightness · conscientiousness · trustworthiness · fairness · decency · probity · rectitude
Trained self-control or specialty
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- orderlinessMethodical arrangement of things
- self-controlAbility to restrain impulses
restraint · accountability · responsibility · demeanor · deportment · comportment · law-abiding · peacefulness
Conditional early release
- early releasePremature freedom from confinement
- reduced sentenceLessened judicial punishment
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- meritDeserved praise-worthiness
commendation · recognition · incentive · probation · time off · clemency · honor system
manners
Customs of polite conduct
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
decorum · protocol · propriety · tact · diplomacy · grace · poise · refinement · table manners · social graces
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
honesty · honor · uprightness · conscientiousness · trustworthiness · fairness · decency · probity · rectitude · scrupulousness
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- orderlinessMethodical arrangement of things
self-control · restraint · accountability · responsibility · demeanor · deportment · comportment · law-abiding · peacefulness · cooperation
parole
Conditional early release
- early releasePremature freedom from confinement
- reduced sentenceLessened judicial punishment
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
merit · commendation · recognition · incentive · probation · time off · clemency · honor system
- Incarcerationcell blocks, prison conditions, prison guards, prison labor, prison reform
- Sentencing Factorsmitigating factors, aggravating factors, extenuating circumstances, criminal history, prior record
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- jailinmate, inmates, prisoner, cells, cell block
- paroleparole eligibility, parolee, supervised release, conditional release, early release
good behaviorbad behavior
misbehavior · misconduct · acting out · disorderly conduct · unruly behavior
good behaviorwrongdoing
Unethical or illegal action
wickedness · villainy · sinfulness · immorality · depravity
good behaviorcriminal behavior
Actions punishable by law
delinquency · violations · infractions · offenses · lawbreaking
good, behavior, misbehave, misbehavior, good manners, behaving, behaved, well-behaved, behaves