Meaning

4 senses

  1. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.

    Her deportment impressed her interviewers.

  2. Conduct; public behavior.

    Their deportment changed visibly as the policeman approached.

  3. Apparent level of schooling or training.

    His academic deportment did not match his degree record.

  4. Self-discipline.

    The nun's deportment reflected her vocation.

More definitions
  • (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

Examples

1 sentences

  1. She gave her reporters social deportment tips.

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Origin

From Late Middle French deportement (French déportement). By surface analysis, deport + -m

From Late Middle French deportement (French déportement). By surface analysis, deport + -ment.

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Forms

plural: deportments
Singulardeportment
Pluraldeportments

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
bearingB2postureC1behaviorA2conductB1comportment
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
RelatedbehaviorA2comportmentaccordetiquettedeport

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
depopulatedeportdeportationdeposedepositB1deposition

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