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pro⋅pri⋅e⋅ty

  [pruh-prahy-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
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.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME propriete ownership, something owned, one's own nature (cf. var. proprete property ) < MF propriété < L proprietās peculiarity, ownership, equiv. to propri(us) proper + -etās, var., after vowels, of -itās -ity

Synonyms:
1. decency, modesty. See etiquette. 2. aptness, fitness, seemliness. 3. correctness.
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pro·pri·e·ty   (prə-prī'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. pro·pri·e·ties

  1. The quality of being proper; appropriateness.

  2. Conformity to prevailing customs and usages.

  3. proprieties The usages and customs of polite society.


[Middle English propriete, particular character, ownership, from Old French; see property.]
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