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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, carriage, comportment, conduct, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, doing, doings, folkway, gestures, goings-on, guise, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, pattern, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, set, social science, style, tactics, tone, way, way of life, ways

Dictionary Results for deportment:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

deportment
    n 1: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward
         other people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior,
         behaviour, conduct, deportment]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Deportment \De*port"ment\, n. [F. d['e]portement misconduct,
   OF., demeanor. See Deport.]
   Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of
   acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with
   respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior;
   demeanor; bearing.
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         The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through
         many difficulties.                       --Swift.
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