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–noun

1.	dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

2.	the quality or state of being decorous; orderliness; regularity.

3.	Usually, decorums. an observance or requirement of polite society.

[Origin: 1560–70; < L decōrum, n. use of neut. of decōrus decorous

]

—Synonyms 1. politeness, manners, dignity. See etiquette.

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n.

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety: "In the Ireland of the 1940's ... the stolidity of a long, empty, grave face was thought to be the height of decorum and profundity" (John McGahern).
decorums The conventions or requirements of polite behavior: the formalities and decorums of a military funeral.
The appropriateness of an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole.

[Latin decōrum, from decōrus, becoming, handsome; see decorous.]

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decorum

1568, from L. neuter of decorus "fit, proper," from decor (see decor). Decorous is attested from 1664.

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decorum
noun
propriety in manners and conduct [ant: indecorousness]

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decorum [diˈkoːrəm] noun

quiet, dignified and proper behaviour
Example: The man behaved with decorum in the old lady's presence.

Arabic:	حِشْمَه، لَياقَه، ذَوْق
Chinese (Simplified):	礼节，端庄，礼貌
Chinese (Traditional):	禮節，端莊，禮貌
Czech:	dobré způsoby
Danish:	anstændighed; etikette
Dutch:	decorum
Estonian:	väärikus
Finnish:	arvokkuus
French:	décorum
German:	der Anstand
Greek:	ευπρέπεια
Hungarian:	tisztesség
Icelandic:	háttprÿði
Indonesian:	sopan
Italian:	decoro

Japanese:	礼儀正しさ
Korean:	예의 바름, 몸가짐이 단정함
Latvian:	pieklājība; etiķete
Lithuanian:	prideramas elgesys
Norwegian:	anstendighet, folkeskikk, verdighet
Polish:	dobre maniery
Portuguese (Brazil):	decoro
Portuguese (Portugal):	decoro
Romanian:	maniere
Russian:	благопристойность
Slovak:	slušné spôsoby
Slovenian:	spodobnost
Spanish:	decoro
Swedish:	anständighet, dekorum, värdighet
Turkish:	edep, terbiye

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Decorum

De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. ? to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d?c to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum, Deig?.]

1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. --Shak.

Before his decent steps. --Milton.

2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]

A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton.

By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.

4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. --Burke. -- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.

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