propriety
I
(appropriateness) noun
accordance, adaptation, admissibility, advisability, agreeableness, applicability, aptitude, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, conformity, congruity, consonance, correspondence, dueness, equity, expedience, expediency, felicity, fitness, harmony, justness, pertinence, properness, reasonableness, relevance, right, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness, utility
II
(correctness) noun
convention, conventional conduct, conventionalities, correctitude, correctness, courteousness, courtesy, decency, decorousness, decorum, delicacy, demureness, dignity, discrimination, elegance, ethicality, etiquette, good behavior, good breeding, good manners, grace, manners, modesty, morality, politeness, proper formality, properness, rectitude, refinement, respectability, restraint, ritual, taste, tradition
foreign phrases:
- Proprietates verborum observandae sunt. — The proper meanings of words are to be observed
III
index
admissibility, aptitude, behalf, behavior, conduct, decorum, deportment, expedience, formality, integrity, justice, qualification (fitness), rectitude, right (righteousness)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006