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deportment

noun
/dɪˈpɔːtmənt/UK/dɪˈpɔɹt.mənt/US

Etymology

From Late Middle French deportement (French déportement). By surface analysis, deport + -ment.

  1. borrowed from deportement

Definitions

  1. Bearing

    Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.

    • Her deportment impressed her interviewers.
    • ...Edy asked what and she was just going to tell her to catch it while it was flying but she was ever ladylike in her deportment so she simply passed it off with consummate tact...

  2. Conduct

    Conduct; public behavior.

    • Their deportment changed visibly as the policeman approached.

  3. Apparent level of schooling or training.

    • His academic deportment did not match his degree record.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Self-discipline.

      • The nun's deportment reflected her vocation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA