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deportment

noun [U]
 
 
/dɪˈpɔːt.mənt/ US  /-ˈpɔːrt-/ formal

Definition

the way a person walks and stands: to have good/bad deportment speech and deportment lessonsPosture the way a person behaves: Throughout the ordeal of her husband's funeral, Mrs Kennedy was a model of deportment (= behaved in a controlled and calm way).Behaving, interacting and behaviour
(Definition of deportment noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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