as in etiquette
socially acceptable behavior
high standards of decorum are usually required when attending the opera
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Recent Examples of decorum
The game of golf is to be played at a high level of integrity and decorum at all times.
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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
The left would be wise to wake up to this fact and start acting with some decorum, instead of like a bunch of power-drunk hooligans.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
The statement prompted the panel’s chair, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) to call for decorum.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 June 2025
And there are pocket watches too, which evoke a certain sartorial elegance and decorum, such as the Tissot Men’s Pocket Watch.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2025
The left would be wise to wake up to this fact and start acting with some decorum, instead of like a bunch of power-drunk hooligans.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 24 June 2025
The statement prompted the panel’s chair, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) to call for decorum.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 12 June 2025
And there are pocket watches too, which evoke a certain sartorial elegance and decorum, such as the Tissot Men’s Pocket Watch.
—Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for decorum
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorum
Noun
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The bride-to-be's post and the subsequent responses have opened up a larger conversation about family dynamics, wedding etiquette and emotional manipulation.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Both instances call into question proper airplane etiquette, a hot topic online nowadays, as people debate the best ways to share the air while respecting personal space and boundaries.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There’s lots of stuff within Eddie that isn’t developed enough to be Stephen, but that decency is there.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 Aug. 2025
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Both towns are filled with lovable eccentrics, both treat community as a kind of moral center, and both ask us to consider what decency looks like at the local level.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While for many years the austere and exacting widow Agnes ran her East 61st Street home with an iron fist of propriety and high necklines, everything changed at the end of Season 2.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2025
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His watch, however, was a 42 mm sporty Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional chronograph in diamonds and the Swiss watchmaker’s propriety Canopus Gold, a special blend of 18-karat white gold combined with platinum, rhodium, and palladium.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Decorum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorum. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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