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propriety (Appropriateness), noun accordance, admissibility, advisability, agreeableness, applicability, aptitude, aptness, becomingness, compatibility, conformity, congruity, consonance, correspondence, dueness, equity, expedience, expediency, felicity, fitness, harmony, justness, pertinence, properness, reasonableness, relevance, right, rightness, seemliness, suitability, suitableness, utility

propriety (Correctness), noun convention, convennional conduct, conventionalities, correctitude, correctness, courteousness, courtesy, decency, decorousness, decorum, delicacy, demureness, dignity, discrimination, elegance, ethicality, etiquette, good behavior, good breeding, good manners, grace, manners, modesty, morality, politeness, proper formality, properness, rectitude, refinement, respectability, restraint, ritual, taste, tradition
Foreign phrases: Proprietates verborum observandae sunt.The proper meanings of words are to be observed.

See also: admissibility, aptitude, behalf, behavior, conduct, decorum, deportment, expedience, fitness, formality, integrity, justice, qualification, rectitude, right

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admissibility advisability agreeableness amenities applicability apposition aptitude aptness becomingness congruity consonance conventional conduct conventionalities correctitude correctness courteousness decency decorousness decorum			proposed measure proposed regulation proposed rule proposed sequence of action proposed statute proposer of a law proposer of legistation propositio proposition propositional propositum Propositus propound propounded Propres Propria persona proprietary proprietary interest proprietary rights proprietas Proprietas verborum est salus proprietatum Proprietate probanda proprieties proprietor proprietorship propriety Proprio vigore proprius Propter affectum Propter delictum propulsare propulsion propulsive propulsive force prorate prorogare prorogate Prorogated jurisdiction prorogation prorogue prorsus prosaic prosaical proscribe proscribed proscribed form proscribed person proscribere proscriptio proscription proscriptive			proprietor proprietor proprietor proprietor Proprietor, Sole proprietorial proprietorial proprietorial proprietorial proprietorially proprietorially proprietorially proprietorially proprietors proprietors proprietors proprietors Proprietors of Charles River Bridge v. Proprietors of Warren Bridge proprietorship proprietorship proprietorship proprietorship proprietorship proprietorship certificate proprietorships proprietorships proprietorships proprietorships proprietress proprietresses propriety Propriety Limited Proprio vigore proprioception proprioception proprioception proprioceptive proprioceptive proprioceptive proprioceptive defect proprioceptive deficit proprioceptive deficit proprioceptive impulse proprioceptive influence proprioceptive mechanism proprioceptive neural facilitation Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation proprioceptive positioning proprioceptive positioning proprioceptive receptor proprioceptive reflex proprioceptive reflex proprioceptive reflex proprioceptive reflex proprioceptive sensation proprioceptive sensibility

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