politesse

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; genteel politeness or an instance of this.

   “So if you meet me, have some courtesy / Have some sympathy, and some taste / Use all your well-learned politesse / Or I'll lay your soul to waste”

   “The reference in his letter to ‘having a drink’ is of course just an empty politesse.”

   “The soft politesse concealed a sharp observer, a gleaner of information, cool under pressure and used to having to think several steps ahead […]”