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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
| Synonyms: | bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
| Antonyms: | arrogance, boldness, braveness, conceit, courage, ego, pride, self-confidence |
| Main Entry: | order |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness |
| Synonyms: | calm, control, decorousness, decorum, discipline, goodness, integrity, law, law and order, niceness, orderliness, peace, peacefulness, probity, properness, propriety, quiet, rectitude, rightness, seemliness, suitability, tranquility, uprightness |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | lawlessness, liberty, license |
| Main Entry: | protocol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rules of conduct, behavior in certain situation |
| Synonyms: | agreement, code, compact, concordat, contract, conventions, courtesy, covenant, custom, decorum, etiquette, formalities, good form, manners, obligation, order, p's and q's, pact, politesse, propriety, treaty |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, crudeness, impropriety |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental analysis |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehension, argumentation, bounds, brain*, brains, comprehension, deduction, dialectics, discernment, generalization, induction, inference, intellect, intellection, judgment, limits, logic, lucidity, marbles, mentality, mind, moderation, propriety, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, reasonableness, reasoning, saneness, sanity, sense, senses, sensibleness, sound mind, soundness, speculation, understanding, wisdom, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | right |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | justice, morality |
| Synonyms: | correctness, emancipation, enfranchisement, equity, freedom, good, goodness, honor, independence, integrity, lawfulness, legality, liberty, properness, propriety, reason, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, straight, truth, uprightness, virtue |
| Notes: | right means free from error or correct in opinion or judgment; a wright is someone who makes, builds, or repairs something |
| Antonyms: | corruption, immorality, injustice, unfairness, unjustness, wrong |
| Main Entry: | rule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standard, principle of behavior |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, apothegm, assize, axiom, basis, brocard, canon, chapter and verse, command, commandment, criterion, decorum, decree, decretion, dictum, direction, edict, etiquette, formula, fundamental, gnome, guide, guideline, keynote, keystone, law, maxim, model, moral, no-no's, order, ordinance, precedent, precept, prescription, propriety, regimen, regulation, ruling, statute, tenet, test, the book, the numbers, truism |
| Main Entry: | suavity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | polish |
| Synonyms: | affability, amenity, courtesy, diplomacy, mildness, propriety, unctuosity, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | appropriateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appropriate conduct |
| Synonyms: | aptness, fitness, propriety, suitability, suitableness, usefulness |
| Antonyms: | inappropriateness, unsuitableness |
| Main Entry: | respectability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | integrity |
| Synonyms: | decency, honesty, honorableness, propriety, reputability, virtue |
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