See Also: Propriety(medicine)
propriety(dictionary)
propriety(dictionary)

propriety (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: propriete 'property, quality', from Latin proprietas; PROPERTY]
[singular,U] correctness of social or moral behaviour
-opposite impropriety impropriety propriety of
::They discussed the propriety of treating ill children against the wishes of the parents.
with propriety
::They conducted themselves with propriety.
the proprieties
especially BrE the accepted rules of correct social behaviour
::strict in observing the proprieties