deportment

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/dɪˈpɔːtmənt/(UK)
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/dɪˈpɔːtmənt/(UK) · /dɪˈpɔɹt.mənt/(US)

Definition of deportment

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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...”
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noun

  1. 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; 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. Self-discipline.
    “The nun's deportment reflected her vocation.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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