deportment
Americannoun
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demeanor; conduct; behavior.
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the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher.
noun
Related Words
See behavior.
Etymology
Origin of deportment
1595–1605; < French déportement, equivalent to déporte ( r ) ( see deport) + -ment -ment
Explanation
Deportment has to do with how you behave and present yourself. Being polite, well-dressed, and soft-spoken shows excellent deportment. People say you shouldn't judge by appearances, but how you present yourself — your deportment — matters. How you dress, speak, look and carry yourself is all part of deportment or demeanor. If you're polite, helpful, and smile a lot, your deportment is friendly and kind. If you're constantly swearing and shouting, your deportment is negative and hostile.
Vocabulary lists containing deportment
Little Women
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Latin Love, Vol I: portare
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Example Sentences
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Deportment is different than deportation, something I will not allude to this evening because we’re all laughing together and getting along.
From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2018
Deportment, stature, platform manner�all vanished behind the neutrality of type.
From Time Magazine Archive
Deportment: B. Madeline and Eileen had often been mischievous nuisances.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Neither do I. We have to learn sewing and knitting and smocking. In Deportment, they make us walk around the room with a book on our heads.”
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Deportment is behavior as related to a set of rules; as, the pupil's deportment was faultless.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
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