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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rule based on custom |
| Synonyms: | convention, natural law, protocol |
| Main Entry: | punctiliousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ceremony |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, ceremoniousness, conformity, decorum, form, formal courtesy, formalism, formality, nicety, politeness, pomp, preciseness, prescription, propriety, protocol, strictness, usage |
| Main Entry: | propriety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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acceptable, advisable, applicable, apposite, as it ought to be, as it should be, becoming, befitting, comme il faut, condecent, condign, convenient, deserved, desirable, due, eligible, even, fair, fit, fitting, good, idoneous, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, meet, opportune, proper, reasonable, right, rightful, seemly, suitable, worthwhile
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| Main Entry: | politeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Grandisonian, affable, bland, civil, civilized, complacent, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, courteous, cultivated, fair, fine, gentle, gentlemanlike, good, gracious, honey, ingratiating, mannerly, mild, morate, neighborly, obliging, obsequious, off, polished, polite, refined, soft, urbane, well, well, well brought up
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| Concept: | Agreement. |
| Category: | 4. GENERAL RELATION |
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-nouns
agreement; accord, accordance; unison, harmony; concord; concordance, concert; understanding, mutual understanding., conformity; conformance; uniformity; consonance, consentaneousness, consistency; congruity, congruence; keeping; congeniality; correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union., fitness, aptness; relevancy; pertinence, pertinencey; sortance; case in point; aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility; cognation (relation)., adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation; reconciliation, reconcilement; assimilation., consent (assent); concurrence; cooperation., right man in the right place, very thing; quite the thing, just the thing.
-verbs
be accordant; agree, accord, harmonize; correspond, tally, respond; meet, suit, fit, befit, do, adapt itself to; fall in with, chime in with, square with, quadrate with, consort with, comport with; dovetail, assimilate; fit like a glove, fit to a tittle, fit to a T; match; become one; homologate., consent (assent)., render accordant; fit, suit, adapt, accommodate; graduate; adjust (render, equal); dress, regulate, readjust; accord, harmonize, reconcile; fadge, dovetail, square.
-adjectives
agreeing, suiting; in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial; coherent; becoming; harmonious, reconcilable, conformable; in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with; at one with, of one mind, of a piece; consistent, compatible, proportionate; commensurate; on all fours., apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible., fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft; meet (expedient)., at home, in one's proper element.
-adverbs
a propos of; pertinently.
-phrases
rem acu tetigisti; if the shoe fits, wear it; the cap fits; auxilia humilia firma consensus facit [Syrus]; discers concordia [Ovid].
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| Antonyms: | disagreement |
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| Concept: | Concord. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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-nouns
concord, accord, harmony, symphony; homologue; agreement; sympathy (love); response; union, unison, unity; bonds of harmony; peace; unanimity (assent); league; happy family., rapprochement; reunion; amity (friendship); alliance, entente cordiale, good understanding, conciliation, peacemaker; intercessor, mediator.
-verbs
agree; accord, harmonize with; fraternize; be concordant; go hand in hand; run parallel (concur); understand one another, pull together (cooperate) [more]; put up one's horses together, sing in chorus., side with, sympathize with, go with, chime in with, fall in with; come round; be pacified; assent; enter into the ideas of, enter into the feelings of; reciprocate., hurler avec les loups; go with the stream, swim with the stream., keep in good humor, render accordant, put in tune; come to an understanding, meet halfway; keep the peace, remain at peace.
-adjectives
concordant, congenial; agreeing; in accord; harmonious, united, cemented; banded together; allied; friendly; fraternal; conciliatory; at one with; of one mind (assent)., at peace, in still water; tranquil (pacific).
-adverbs
with one voice (assent); in concert with, hand in hand; on one's side.
-phrases
commune periculum concordiam parit.
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| Antonyms: | discord |
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| Concept: | Form. |
| Category: | 1. General Form |
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form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration; make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one's jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour (outline); structure; plasmature., feature, lineament, turn; phase (aspect); posture, attitude, pose., [Science of form] morphism., [Similarity of form] isomorphism., forming; formation, figuration, efformation; sculpture; plasmation.
-verbs
form, shape, figure, fashion, efform, carve, cut, chisel, hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build (construct).
-adjectives
formed, [Receiving form] plastic, fictile; formative., [Give form] plasmic., [Similar in form] isomorphous.
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| Antonyms: | amorphism |
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