decorum

Meaning

1. (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior.
2. (countable) A convention of social behavior.

Synonyms

propriety

decency

manners

politeness

etiquette

decorousness

dignity

culture

grace

orderliness

refinement

regularity

respectability

seemliness

good form

good taste

convenances

behaviour

act

pertaining to modesty

aristocracy

behavior

conformity

correctness

custom

good behaviour

modesty

moral conduct

Translations

décorum

decoro

Anstand

decência

decoro

decoro

Dekorum

decorum

Schicklichkeit

fatsoen

dignità

decenza

ευπρέπεια

decōrum

pundonor

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈkɔːɹəm/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin decōrum, neuter form of decōrus (“proper, decent”).