Entry Word: behave

Function: verb

Meaning: to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way <if she behaves herself properly and sits quietly during church, she will get ice cream afterward>

Synonyms acquit, bear, comport, conduct, demean, deport, quit

Related Words check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, control, curb, handle, inhibit, quiet, repress, restrain; moderate, modulate, temper; act, impersonate, play

Near Antonyms act up, carry on, cut up, misbehave, misconduct