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  • 111Duty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Duty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 duty duty what ought to be done moral obligation accountableness liability onus responsibility Sgm: N 1 bounden duty bounden duty imperative duty Sgm: N 1 call call …

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  • 112decorousness — n. appropriateness, correctness, seemliness …

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  • 113decorum — de·co·rum || dɪ kɔːrÉ™m n. propriety, etiquette, politeness, seemliness …

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  • 114seemly — adjective (seemlier, seemliest) conforming to propriety or good taste. Derivatives seemliness noun Origin ME: from ON sœmiligr, from soemr (see seem) …

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  • 115beauty — n. 1. Elegance, grace, symmetry. 2. Comeliness, seemliness, fairness, loveliness, attractiveness. 3. Fine part, special grace, particular excellence, beautiful trait, feature, or characteristic, attraction, charm. 4. Beautiful woman, belle …

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  • 116comeliness — n. 1. Propriety, fitness, suitableness, seemliness. 2. Symmetry, grace, gracefulness, beauty …

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  • 117decorum — n. Decency, propriety, seemliness, appropriate behavior, dignified behavior, dignity …

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  • 118propriety — n. 1. Fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness. 2. Decorum, decency, good behavior, properformality, modesty …

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  • 119seemly — adjective old fashioned suitable for a particular situation or social occasion, according to accepted standards of behaviour: It would be more seemly to keep quiet about it in front of the guests. opposite unseemly seemliness noun (U) …

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  • 120decorum — noun 1) he had acted with decorum Syn: propriety, seemliness, decency, good taste, correctness; politeness, courtesy, good manners; dignity, respectability, modesty, demureness Ant: impropriety 2) …

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