[pruh-prahy-i-tee] 
| 1. | conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners. |
| 2. | appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability. |
| 3. | rightness or justness. |
| 4. | the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners: to observe the proprieties. |
| 5. | Obsolete. a property. |
| 6. | Obsolete. a peculiarity or characteristic of something. |
| pro·pri·e·ty (prə-prī'ĭ-tē) n. pl. pro·pri·e·ties
[Middle English propriete, particular character, ownership, from Old French; see property.] |
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