[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

propriety \propri"ety\, n.; pl. proprieties. f.
   propri'et'e, l. proprietas, fr. proprius one's own,
   proper. see property, proper.
   1. individual right to hold property; ownership by personal
      title; property. obs. "onles this propriety be exiled."
      --robynson more's utopia.
      1913 webster

            so are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of
            by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it
            being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers.
                                                  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or
      quality; peculiarity. obs. --bacon.
      1913 webster

            we find no mention hereof in ancient zoographers, .
            . . who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature.
                                                  --sir t.
                                                  browne.
      1913 webster

   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. "the rule of propriety," --locke.
      1913 webster
see also:
proprieties property proper 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

propriety
     n : correct or appropriate behavior syn: properness, correctitude
         ant: impropriety, impropriety
see also:
properness correctitude impropriety 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

179 moby thesaurus words for "propriety":
   atticism, admissibility, advantage, advantageousness, advisability,
   amenities, applicability, appositeness, appropriateness, aptitude,
   aptness, auspiciousness, becomingness, beneficialness, bienseance,
   breeding, ceremony, chargedness, chasteness, chastity, civilities,
   civility, clarity, classicalism, classicism, clearness, comeliness,
   conformity, convenance, convenience, convention,
   conventional usage, conventionalism, conventionality, correctitude,
   correctness, courtesy, criticality, crucialness, custom, decencies,
   decency, decorousness, decorum, defensibility, delicacy,
   desirability, dignity, directness, discrimination, distinction,
   drumhead justice, dueness, ease, elegance, elegancy, equitableness,
   equity, etiquette, evenhandedness, expedience, expediency,
   favorableness, feasibility, felicitousness, felicity, finish,
   fitness, fittedness, fittingness, flow, flowing periods, fluency,
   form, formality, fruitfulness, genteelness, gentility,
   give-and-take, good form, good taste, goodness, grace,
   gracefulness, gracility, happiness, health, justice,
   justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness,
   lawfulness, legality, limpidity, loadedness, lucidity,
   mannerliness, measure for measure, meetness, modesty, mores,
   naturalism, naturalness, naturism, neatness, nemesis, niceness,
   normalcy, normality, normalness, normativeness, opportuneness,
   order, orderliness, pellucidity, percentage, perspicuity,
   plainness, poetic justice, polish, politeness, politesse,
   politicness, pregnancy, profit, profitability, properness,
   propitiousness, proprieties, protocol, prudence, pudency, pudicity,
   punctilio, purity, qualification, realism, refinement, regularity,
   relevance, respectability, restraint, retributive justice, right,
   righteousness, rightfulness, rightness, ripeness, ritual,
   rude justice, scales of justice, seasonableness, sedateness,
   seemliness, shame, simplicity, smoothness, social convention,
   social usage, straightforwardness, suitability, suitableness,
   summary justice, taste, tastefulness, terseness, the proprieties,
   timeliness, tradition, unaffectedness, urbanity, usefulness,
   warrantability, warrantedness, what is right, wholesomeness,
   wisdom, worthwhileness

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Definition of propriety - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...propriety. One entry found for propriety.. Main Entry: pro·pri·e·ty ... For More Information on "propriety" go to Britannica.com. Get the Top ... ..
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=propriety, score=100, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 12:29 am

Propriety of Expenditures
...Seven Tests of Propriety. Evaluating the propriety of some University ... Each expenditure is to be evaluated as to propriety by at least two ... ..
http://www.cusys.edu/policies/Fiscal/propexpend.htm, score=98, date indexed=January 13, 2006, 3:25 am

Propriety of Expenditures
...Seven Tests of Propriety. Evaluating the propriety of some University ... Each expenditure is to be evaluated as to propriety by at least two ... ..
http://www.cu.edu/policies/Fiscal/propexpend.htm, score=98, date indexed=January 21, 2006, 4:47 am

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http://www.propriety.com/, score=72, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 10:24 pm

propriety - definition of propriety by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and...
...Meaning of propriety. What does propriety mean? propriety synonyms, ... proprietresses. propriety. Propriety Limited (company structure in ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/propriety, score=70, date indexed=December 22, 2005, 12:16 am

The Propriety and Ethics Team Homepage
...Propriety and Ethics. The Propriety and Ethics Team advises the Head ... Propriety and Ethics Team, Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall, London SW1A ... ..
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/, score=68, date indexed=November 25, 2005, 7:33 am

The Other Side -- Propriety, Purity and Partnership by Delbert Wiens
...... the propriety based on these property laws. The new propriety Jesus ... Reading the Bible through the lens of propriety, we see the ways in ... ..
http://www.theotherside.org/archive/may-jun98/wiens.html, score=68, date indexed=January 3, 2006, 1:12 pm

The Propriety and Ethics Team Homepage
...Propriety and Ethics. The Propriety and Ethics Team advises the Head ... Propriety and Ethics Team, Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall, London SW1A ... ..
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/index.asp, score=66, date indexed=December 3, 2005, 2:55 am

Behind the media's new propriety | csmonitor.com
...The new propriety is a direct response to pressure from Capitol Hill, ... Behind the media's new propriety. From Super Bowl antics to Howard ... ..
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0301/p02s01-ussc.html, score=64, date indexed=January 26, 2006, 8:04 pm

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