deportment

deportment

noun

Definition of DEPORTMENT

the way or manner in which one conducts oneself <her deportment during the bitter divorce was a model of self-restraint and class>

Synonyms actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, geste (also gest) [archaic]

Related Words etiquette, form, manners, mores, proprieties; p's and q's; amenity, civility, courtesy, decorum, politeness; air, attitude, carriage, poise, pose, posture, presence; aspect, look, mien; formality, protocol, rules; custom, habit, habitude, pattern, practice (also practise), trick, wont; convention, fashion, form, mode, style; affectation, attribute, characteristic, mark, trait; distinctiveness, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, strangeness, uniqueness, weirdness