"deportment" meaning in English

See deportment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈpɔːtmənt/ [UK], /dɪˈpɔɹt.mənt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deportment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deportments [plural]
Etymology: From Late Middle French deportement (French déportement). By surface analysis, deport + -ment. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|deportement}} Middle French deportement, {{cog|fr|déportement}} French déportement, {{surf|en|deport|-ment}} By surface analysis, deport + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} deportment (plural deportments)
  1. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself. Synonyms: bearing, comportment, posture Translations (bearing, posture): držení těla (Czech), vystupování [neuter] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-deportment-en-noun-Dx0JMOWr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 13 29 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 37 9 38 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 5 13 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 3 8 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 3 7 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 59 5 14 22 Disambiguation of 'bearing, posture': 94 3 3 0
  2. Conduct; public behavior. Synonyms: behavior, conduct Translations (conduct): vystupování [neuter] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-deportment-en-noun-FRFmjtp5 Disambiguation of 'conduct': 24 76 0 0
  3. Apparent level of schooling or training.
    Sense id: en-deportment-en-noun-wz5htT5y Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 37 9 38 16
  4. Self-discipline.
    Sense id: en-deportment-en-noun-P8S~RaGT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ment Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 37 9 38 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: comportment, behavior, accord, etiquette

Inflected forms

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