Impropriety and Rectitude

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Impropriety noun - The quality or state of not being socially proper.

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Rectitude is an antonym for impropriety.

Rectitude noun - Conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong.

Usage example: encouraged the graduates to go on to live lives of unimpeachable rectitude and integrity

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Impropriety is an antonym for rectitude.

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Rectitude and Impropriety. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/impropriety/rectitude

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