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decorousness
(see prec.)
[-ness.]
The quality of being decorous; † seemliness, fitness (obs.); propriety of behaviour.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 874 The will of God is Goodness, Justice, and Wisdom; or Decorousness, Fitness. 1834Campbell Life Mrs. Siddons II. iii. 72 The decorousness of the national character. |