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deportment(dictionary)

deportment (iou)



deportment noun. E17.
[Old & mod. French deportement, formed as DEPORT verb1: see -MENT.]
sing. & in pl. Manner of conducting oneself; general behaviour. E17-M19.
Bearing, demeanour, manners, esp. of a cultivated kind. M17.
J. Galsworthy Swithin drew his heels together, his deportment ever admirable.