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Deportment

British pronunciation/dɪpˈɔːtmənt/
American pronunciation/dəˈpɔɹtmənt/
Deportment
[NOUN]
1

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

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1In addition to one of the finest humidors in all of Europe, Eddie and his father are commensurate gentlemen and appearance and deportment.
2I mean, it was used as a novel for deportment and for courtesy, even more so, it surpassed the model for courtly behavior which was written by a great Italian writer called Baltasare Castiglione.
3But the Amadís was much more fun to read, and therefore it surpassed Castiglione's book as a source of models for deportment for people in the courts.
4It gives you a kind of deportment that we don't have in modern life.
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