Synonyms for propriety
prəˈpraɪ ɪ tipro·pri·ety

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1. propriety

   Synonyms:
   fitness, appropriateness, justness, correctness, expediency, decorum

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1. propriety, properness, correctitudenoun

   correct or appropriate behavior

   Synonyms:
   correctitude, properness

   Antonyms:
   improperness, impropriety

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1. proprietynoun

   Synonyms:
   fitness (to a proper standard or rule), appropriateness, suitableness, seemliness, justness, correctness, accuracy, consonance, adaptation, reasonableness

2. proprietynoun

   Synonyms:
   decorum, decency, good behavior, proper formality

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1. List of paraphrases for "propriety":

   decorum, appropriateness, decency, regularity, validity, relevance, adequacy, correctness, corrigendum, soundness, suitability, correction

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1. Frederick Douglass:

   For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.

2. Confucius:

   Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.

3. Jonathan Swift:

   A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?

4. Charles Caleb Colton:

   Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.

5. Rick Hess:

   If I'm a conservative who is uncomfortable about race-based preferences, the argument for race-based preferences that Harvard University is making -- that Harvard University has so much integrity and Harvard University is so careful that we can trust them to dance in gray areas of constitutional propriety because they exercise great discretion -- takes a huge blow.