Properness and Wrongness

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Properness noun - The quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting.

Usage example: questioned the properness of having any curfew at all for people of college age

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Wrongness is an antonym for properness.

Wrongness noun - The quality or state of being unsuitable or unfitting.

Usage example: arguments about the rightness or wrongness of the satirical skit drowned out any discussion of the points it attempted to raise

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Properness is an antonym for wrongness.

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