"politeness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈlaɪtnəs/ Audio: en-us-politeness.ogg [US] Forms: politenesses [plural]
Etymology: polite + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|polite|ness}} polite + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} politeness (usually uncountable, plural politenesses)
  1. The quality of being polite. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (the act of being polite): affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, etiquette Translations (act of being polite): mirësjellje [feminine] (Albanian), أَدَب (ʔadab) [masculine] (Arabic), քաղաքավարություն (kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun) (Armenian), nəzakət (Azerbaijani), ве́тлівасць (vjétlivascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), ве́тласць (vjétlascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), учти́вост (učtívost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ве́жливост (véžlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ယဉ်ကျေးမှု (yanykye:hmu.) (Burmese), educació cortesia [feminine] (Catalan), 禮貌 (Chinese Cantonese), 礼貌 (lai⁵ maau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 禮貌 (Chinese Mandarin), 礼貌 (lǐmào) (Chinese Mandarin), 客氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 客气 (kèqi, kèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), zdvořilost [feminine] (Czech), høflighed [common-gender] (Danish), beleefdheid [feminine] (Dutch), hoffelijkheid [feminine] (Dutch), ĝentilaĵo (Esperanto), viisakus (Estonian), kohteliaisuus (Finnish), politesse [feminine] (French), ზრდილობა (zrdiloba) (Georgian), Höflichkeit [feminine] (German), ευγένεια (evgéneia) [feminine] (Greek), נִימוּס (nimús) [masculine] (Hebrew), אֲדִיבוּת (adivút) [feminine] (Hebrew), शिष्टता (śiṣṭatā) [feminine] (Hindi), अदब (adab) [masculine] (Hindi), नज़ाकत (nazākat) [feminine] (Hindi), सभ्यता (sabhyatā) [feminine] (Hindi), udvariasság (Hungarian), kurteisi [neuter] (Icelandic), cortesia [feminine] (Italian), 丁寧さ (teineisa) (alt: ていねいさ) (Japanese), 礼儀正しさ (reigitadashisa) (alt: れいぎただしさ) (Japanese), әдептілік (ädeptılık) (Kazakh), сыпайылық (sypaiylyq) (Kazakh), 예의 (yeui) (Korean), 례의 (ryeui) [North-Korea] (Korean), 공손 (gongson) (Korean), 공손함 (gongsonham) (Korean), адептүүлүк (adeptüülük) (Kyrgyz), сылыктык (sılıktık) (Kyrgyz), cōmitās [feminine] (Latin), pieklājība [feminine] (Latvian), mandagumas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Héiflechkeet [feminine] (Luxembourgish), учтивост (učtivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), høflighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ادب (adab) (Persian), نزاکت (nezâkat) (Persian), uprzejmość [feminine] (Polish), grzeczność [feminine] (Polish), kurtuazja [feminine] (Polish), educação [feminine] (Portuguese), polidez [feminine] (Portuguese), politețe [feminine] (Romanian), amabilitate [feminine] (Romanian), civilitate [feminine] (Romanian), ве́жливость (véžlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), учти́вость (učtívostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), modh [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), у̀људно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), у̀чтиво̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùljudnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ùčtivōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zdvorilosť [feminine] (Slovak), vljudnost [feminine] (Slovene), educación (Spanish), cortesía [feminine] (Spanish), artighet [common-gender] (Swedish), hövlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), одоб (odob) (Tajik), назокат (nazokat) (Tajik), సభ్యత (sabhyata) (Telugu), ความสุภาพ (kwaam-sù-pâap) (Thai), nezaket (Turkish), incelik (Turkish), kibarlık (Turkish), sypaýçylyk (Turkmen), вві́чливість (vvíčlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), че́мність (čémnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ґре́чність (gréčnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ادب (adab) [masculine] (Urdu), نزاکت (nazākat) [feminine] (Urdu), xushmuomalalik (Uzbek), adab (Uzbek), nazokat (Uzbek), sự lịch sự (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-politeness-en-noun-rSIGcQPU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'the act of being polite': 86 14 Disambiguation of 'act of being polite': 86 14
  2. An act of politeness. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-politeness-en-noun-bdr-xpFq

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          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "word": "mirësjellje"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔadab",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vjétlivascʹ",
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "učtívost",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "учти́вост"
        },
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "véžlivost",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ве́жливост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "yanykye:hmu.",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "ယဉ်ကျေးမှု"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "educació cortesia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "禮貌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "lai⁵ maau⁶",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "礼貌"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "禮貌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǐmào",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "礼貌"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "客氣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kèqi, kèqì",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "客气"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zdvořilost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "høflighed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "beleefdheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hoffelijkheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "ĝentilaĵo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "viisakus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "kohteliaisuus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politesse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zrdiloba",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "ზრდილობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Höflichkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "evgéneia",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ευγένεια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nimús",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "נִימוּס"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "adivút",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אֲדִיבוּת"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śiṣṭatā",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "शिष्टता"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "adab",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अदब"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "nazākat",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "नज़ाकत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sabhyatā",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सभ्यता"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "udvariasság"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "kurteisi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cortesia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "alt": "ていねいさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "teineisa",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "丁寧さ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "alt": "れいぎただしさ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "reigitadashisa",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "礼儀正しさ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ädeptılık",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "әдептілік"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sypaiylyq",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "сыпайылық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yeui",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "예의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ryeui",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "North-Korea"
          ],
          "word": "례의"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gongson",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "공손"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gongsonham",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "공손함"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "adeptüülük",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "адептүүлүк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "sılıktık",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "сылыктык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cōmitās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pieklājība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mandagumas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Héiflechkeet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "učtivost",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "учтивост"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "høflighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "adab",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "ادب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nezâkat",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "نزاکت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "uprzejmość"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "grzeczność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kurtuazja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "educação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "polidez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "politețe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amabilitate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "civilitate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "véžlivostʹ",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ве́жливость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "učtívostʹ",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "учти́вость"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "modh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "у̀људно̄ст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "у̀чтиво̄ст"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ùljudnōst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ùčtivōst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zdvorilosť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vljudnost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "educación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cortesía"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "artighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "hövlighet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "odob",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "одоб"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "nazokat",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "назокат"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "sabhyata",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "సభ్యత"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "kwaam-sù-pâap",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "ความสุภาพ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "nezaket"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "incelik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "kibarlık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "sypaýçylyk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vvíčlyvistʹ",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "вві́чливість"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čémnistʹ",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "че́мність"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "roman": "gréčnistʹ",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ґре́чність"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "roman": "adab",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ادب"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "roman": "nazākat",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "نزاکت"
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          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "xushmuomalalik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
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          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "nazokat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "86 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "act of being polite",
          "word": "sự lịch sự"
        }
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “the act of being polite”",
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      "sense": "the act of being polite",
      "word": "affability"
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      "sense": "the act of being polite",
      "word": "civility"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the act of being polite",
      "word": "courtesy"
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    {
      "sense": "the act of being polite",
      "word": "courtliness"
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    {
      "sense": "the act of being polite",
      "word": "etiquette"
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mirësjellje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔadab",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَدَب"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻaġakʻavarutʻyun",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "քաղաքավարություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "nəzakət"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjétlivascʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́тлівасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vjétlascʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́тласць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "učtívost",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "учти́вост"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "véžlivost",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́жливост"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "yanykye:hmu.",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "ယဉ်ကျေးမှု"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "educació cortesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "禮貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lai⁵ maau⁶",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "礼貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "禮貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǐmào",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "礼貌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "客氣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kèqi, kèqì",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "客气"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdvořilost"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "høflighed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beleefdheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hoffelijkheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "ĝentilaĵo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "viisakus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "kohteliaisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zrdiloba",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "ზრდილობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Höflichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "evgéneia",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ευγένεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nimús",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נִימוּס"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "adivút",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אֲדִיבוּת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "śiṣṭatā",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "शिष्टता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "adab",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अदब"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nazākat",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "नज़ाकत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sabhyatā",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सभ्यता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "udvariasság"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kurteisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortesia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていねいさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teineisa",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "丁寧さ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "れいぎただしさ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "reigitadashisa",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "礼儀正しさ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ädeptılık",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "әдептілік"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sypaiylyq",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "сыпайылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yeui",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "예의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ryeui",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "North-Korea"
      ],
      "word": "례의"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongson",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "공손"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongsonham",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "공손함"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "adeptüülük",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "адептүүлүк"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "sılıktık",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "сылыктык"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cōmitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pieklājība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandagumas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Héiflechkeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "učtivost",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "учтивост"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "høflighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "adab",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "ادب"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nezâkat",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "نزاکت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uprzejmość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grzeczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kurtuazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "educação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polidez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "politețe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amabilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "civilitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "véžlivostʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ве́жливость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učtívostʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "учти́вость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "modh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀људно̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "у̀чтиво̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ùljudnōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ùčtivōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdvorilosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vljudnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "educación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cortesía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "artighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hövlighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "odob",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "одоб"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "nazokat",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "назокат"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sabhyata",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "సభ్యత"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-sù-pâap",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "ความสุภาพ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "nezaket"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "incelik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "kibarlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "sypaýçylyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vvíčlyvistʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вві́чливість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čémnistʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "че́мність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "gréčnistʹ",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ґре́чність"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "adab",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ادب"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nazākat",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نزاکت"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "xushmuomalalik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "adab"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "nazokat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of being polite",
      "word": "sự lịch sự"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "politeness"
  ],
  "word": "politeness"
}

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