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as in decorum
socially acceptable behavior
some people miss the straitlaced propriety that was largely abandoned in the 1960s
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as in manner
proprieties plural
personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting
an etiquette columnist who insists that traditional proprieties are necessary in order to maintain a civil society
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