decorum

What they’re propagating is far more dangerous than the decline of decorum in politics, or the presidential use of swear words formerly associated with truck drivers and sailors.

They directly confronted an opponent, Joe Biden, generating headlines for days and had critics questioning whether they had breached some sort of unspoken political decorum.

It’s a break of decorum, both of theater protocol and personal boundaries.

Just slipping into another time when people wore gloves and hats, and there was this sense of decorum and social echelons, was quite interesting.

In a break with verisimilitude, to say nothing of decorum, Beckett storms the stage, grabs the check and starts noisily climbing the side wall to escape public scrutiny.