DECOROUSNESS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

decorousness

noun

Definition of decorousness

as in fitness

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Noun

Beyond golf, club amenities include dining venues, a fitness and wellness center, three tennis courts, four pickleball courts and a junior Olympic-size swimming pool with cabanas and a hot tub.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
New additions include Target, Life Time fitness, In-N-Out, Parlor Doughnuts, Kura Sushi and others.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of fitness

Noun

The etiquette of posting on social media can be tricky to navigate—especially for new parents.

— Parents, Parents, 25 July 2026
Asked whether his first dates — sorry, podcast editions — should ideally end with a kiss of sorts gets Glassman to his stand-up act, where talk of dating etiquette and rules fill his comedic quiver.

— Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Definition of etiquette

Noun

And yet, the shows are also wildly different, not just in terms of the age appropriateness of their content.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
After a presentation and discussion on April 14, the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board voted to approve a certificate of appropriateness for the project but with conditions and limitations.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

Definition of appropriateness

Noun

Despite glowing reviews and fans begging for its release, a film industry dominated by political correctness refused to touch it.

— William Earl, Variety, 30 July 2026
After finding the attack, Mythos implemented an end-to-end verification pipeline to convince itself—and the human operator—of the attack’s correctness.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026

Definition of correctness

Noun

The strongest works in The New Grotesque ingloriously depict the female body as qualified and discarded in equal measure, a battlefield on which wars over propriety are fought.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Some are in-house, propriety applications developed by larger companies.

— Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of propriety

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