Propriety
Propriety noun - Socially acceptable behavior.
Prudery and propriety are semantically related In some cases you can use "Prudery" instead a noun "Propriety".
Nearby Words: proprietor, proprietary
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- delicacy and propriety
- delicacy and prudery
- virtue and propriety
- virtue and prudery
- morality and propriety
- morality and prudery
- purity and propriety
- purity and prudery
- formality and propriety
- formality and prudery
- decorum and propriety
- decorum and prudery
- discretion and propriety
- discretion and prudery
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