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    meaning of decorum

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    de·co·rum (d-kôrm, -kr-)
    n.
    1. Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety: "In the Ireland of the 1940's ... the stolidity of a long, empty, grave face was thought to be the height of decorum and profundity" (John McGahern).
    2. decorums The conventions or requirements of polite behavior: the formalities and decorums of a military funeral.
    3. The appropriateness of an element of an artistic or literary work, such as style or tone, to its particular circumstance or to the composition as a whole.



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