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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. propriety in manners and conduct;
[syn: decorum, decorousness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.] Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge. [1913 Webster] A decorous pretext the war. --Motley. -- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decorousness n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum, decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]