Propriety

What do we mean by propriety?

Conformity to conventional standards of behavior or morality. noun

Socially correct usages or behaviors. noun

The quality of being proper; appropriateness. noun

Peculiar or exclusive right of possession; ownership; possession; property. noun

That which is proper or peculiar; property; peculiarity. noun

An estate; a holding. noun

Suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; justness; correctness. noun

Individuality; particular or proper state. noun

Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. noun

That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. noun

The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness noun

Correctness in behaviour and morals noun

Fitness; the quality of being appropriate noun

Correct or appropriate behavior noun

The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.

A characteristic; an attribute.

A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.

More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.

The fact of possessing something; ownership.

Correct language or pronunciation.

Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.

(often in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness.

Words that are spelled similarly to propriety:
propriety, proprietary, proprietor, impropriety, propriate.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word propriety:
analects, confucius, filial, decency, righteousness, etiquette, confucian, elegance, piety, shame, manners, imposing, morality, wisdom, necessity, purity, dignity, ethics, virtue, debated, reasonable, loyalty, questioned, moral, implies, contrary, conduct, valued, behaviour, harmony, integrity, imposed, strict, colonies, provisions, taxes, actions, heaven, petition, jurisdiction, proper, sense, wrong, cardinal, demanded, respect, essentially, martial, discussed, gender, decisions.

Words that rhyme with propriety:
society, anxiety, variety, piety, notoriety, impropriety, sobriety, high society, secret society, building society, fabian society, honorary society, tammany society, castration anxiety, diet he, disquiet he, quiet he, quiet tea, riot he, society e, via t, wyatt tee.

Adjectives that are often used to describe propriety:
great, equal, more, perfect, much, strict, social, greater, peculiar, moral, constitutional, utmost, doubtful, dramatic, greatest, sexual, strictest, questionable, conventional, exact, female, ethical, legal, entire, victorian, feminine, less, obvious, singular, grammatical, absolute, due, artistic, rigid, exquisite, judicial, manifest, class, literary, linguistic, logical, extreme, professional, christian, diplomatic, official, bourgeois, outward, mere, evident, admirable, dubious, outraged, tolerable, procedural, architectural, delicate, academic, abstract, aesthetic, least, exemplary, poetic, sole, ecclesiastical, decent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective propriety:
audit.

Consonant match to propriety:
proprietor.

Words that sound like propriety:
propriety, proprietor, proprieties, proprietary, impropriety, proprietors, property, proprietress, preparado, priority, appropriate, perversity, probity, propre, improprieties, probality, propietary, prop root, papaya tree, purpurate, propria, properate.