comportment

[ kuhm-pawrt-muhnt, -pohrt- ]

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noun

personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior.

Origin of comportment

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Middle French comportement; see comport¹, -ment

synonym study For comportment

See behavior.

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How to use comportment in a sentence

Because of Henie’s youth, she could get away with “improper” comportment and do many of the same things that the men were attempting at the time.
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Mahmud and Shejk’s nondescript appearances and comportment only underscore their amazing valor.
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A level top tube implies a bicycle of classical proportions and dignified comportment.
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Dress and comportment are the same as for any daytime meal in a nice place, but you might want to check with the castle before making dinner reservations.
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And those now have very little to do with any notion of excellence, either of character or of comportment.
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The comportment of beef in an atmosphere of carbonic acid, to which carbonic oxide has been added, is curious.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 | Various
She noted the trim figure of him in its peculiar garb, the proud carriage, the even and easy comportment under insult.
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He did everything right—too right; and in dress and comportment was inevitably correct.
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His subjects regarded him with fear and trembling, and his comportment toward his weaker neighbors was a growing menace.
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They had stepped beyond the bounds of gentlemanly comportment, he contended.
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British Dictionary definitions for comportment

comportment

/ (kəmˈpɔːtmənt) /

noun

conduct; bearing

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