properness
Quality of decorum
Properness is the quality of being proper—adhering to accepted standards of behavior, decorum, or correctness.
The word often carries a slightly stiff or formal connotation: Her excessive properness made the dinner party feel awkward.
It can describe social conduct, grammatical correctness, or adherence to protocol.
Customs of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- civilityFormal politeness in conduct
protocol · formality · comportment · poise · tact · grace · refinement · savoir-faire
Absence of vanity
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- wholesomenessQuality of being good
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
- purityUncontaminated quality
decorum · seemliness · tastefulness · prudishness · primness · demureness · virtuousness · innocence
State of being accurate
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
conventionality · accordance · regularity · codification · strictness · rigidity · exactness · precision
Moral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
rectitude · uprightness · probity · principles · conscience · morals · truthfulness · trustworthiness
Moral and social worthiness
- gentilityRefined social standing
- dignityInnate personal worth
- reputePublic standing or esteem
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
standing · esteem · distinction · refinement · class · breeding · nobility · cultivation
manners
Customs of polite conduct
- decorumFitting social conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
civility · protocol · formality · comportment · poise · tact · grace · refinement · savoir-faire · breeding
modesty
Absence of vanity
- respectabilityMoral and social worthiness
- wholesomenessQuality of being good
- chastityAbstaining from sexual activity
purity · decorum · seemliness · tastefulness · prudishness · primness · demureness · virtuousness · innocence · sobriety
correctness
State of being accurate
- standardizationImplementing uniform technical specifications
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- adherenceFaithful following of something
orthodoxy · conventionality · accordance · regularity · codification · strictness · rigidity · exactness · precision · rulebook
virtue
Moral goodness or merit
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
honor · rectitude · uprightness · probity · principles · conscience · morals · truthfulness · trustworthiness · fidelity
respectability
Moral and social worthiness
prestige · standing · esteem · distinction · refinement · class · breeding · nobility · cultivation · polish
- suitabilityfitness, aptness, adequacy, qualification, eligibility
- algebraic geometryvariety, varieties, scheme, schemes, divisor
propernessimpropriety
Unsuitable or inappropriate behavior
improperness · indecorum · unseemliness · unbecomingness · indecency
propernessunsuitability
Not right for purpose
unfitness · inaptness · inapplicability · irrelevance · irrelevancy
propernesswrongness
State of being incorrect
incorrectness · inaccuracy · erroneousness · faultiness · defectiveness
proper, property, appropriate, improper, propriety, proprietor, impropriety, proprietary, expropriate