propriety

n. தகுதி, நேர்மை, ஒழுக்கமுடைமை, ஒழுங்குமுறைமை, தகவு, பொருத்தம், நடைமுறைவரம்பு, மொழித்துறை, மரபுவழிப்பண்பு, சொல்வழக்காற்றில் நேர்வழக்காறு.

Synonyms

fitness appropriateness justness correctness expediency decorum [see expediency_and_decorum]

Pro*pri"e*ty, n.; pl. Proprieties. Etym: [F. propriété, L. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own, proper. See Property, Proper.] 1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] "Onles this propriety be exiled." Robynson (More's Utopia). So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers. Jer. Taylor. 2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] Bacon. We find no mention hereof in ancient zoögraphers, . . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature. Sir T. Browne. 3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as, propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc. "The rule of propriety," Locke.

propriety - Similar Words

proprietary impropriety prosperity proprietor property proprieties propretor procerity proprietress improsperity