Propriety
noun — Plural: Proprieties
- 1.
- (The quality of being proper fitting, etc., fitness; correctness. proprieties proper attitudes and customs observed by polite and well behaved people) moral propriety បែបបទ (លោកានុកូល) propriety to the situation ភាពសម (ទៅនឹង)
Example: The way tourists dress offends local standards of propriety. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ភាពត្រឹមត្រូវតាមគន្លងធម៏ ភាពមានហេតុផល
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Proprieties
- 1.
- Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property.
- 2.
- That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity.
- 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.
- 1.
- aptness, congruity, decency, decorum, dignity, etiquette, fitness, modesty, protocol, seemliness