comportment
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comportment
personal bearing or conduct; demeanor; behavior: His comportment was above reproach.
Not to be confused with:
compartment – a space partitioned off; a separate room or section: baggage compartment; a separate function; division
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com·port·ment
(kəm-pôrt′mənt)n.
Manner of behaving; bearing; deportment. See Synonyms at behavior.
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comportment
(kəmˈpɔːtmənt)n
conduct; bearing
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com•port•ment
(kəmˈpɔrt mənt, -ˈpoʊrt-)n.
bearing; demeanor; behavior.
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comportment
, deportment - Deportment adds the sense of action or activity to a mode of conduct or behavior; comportment, "behavior or bearing," does not have this.See also related terms for mode.
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Noun | 1. | comportment - dignified manner or conduct personal manner, manner - a way of acting or behaving gravitas, lordliness, dignity - formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" |
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comportment
nounThe manner in which one behaves:
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