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Definition of "deportment" []

  • A manner of personal conduct; behavior. See Synonyms at behavior. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "deportment" in a sentence
  • "Her deportment is excellent as are her mental powers, and her desire for knowledge is an incentive to all in the school."
  • "You like to be prim and neat, and to be good in deportment and ahead in your studies."
  • "Those are truly honourable, and those only, in place of power and trust, who make conscience of their duty, and whose deportment is agreeable to their preferment."