deportment

[ dih-pawrt-muhnt, -pohrt- ]

noun

1. demeanor; conduct; behavior.
2. the conduct or obedience of a child in school, as graded by a teacher.

deportment

/ dɪˈpɔːtmənt /

noun

1. the manner in which a person behaves, esp in physical bearing

   military deportment

Word History and Origins

Origin of deportment¹

1595–1605; < French déportement, equivalent to déporte ( r ) ( deport ) + -ment -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of deportment¹

C17: from French déportement, from Old French deporter to conduct (oneself); see deport

Synonym Study

See behavior.

Example Sentences

Champlin really got into the spirit of the Force, praising both the first film and this one for their optimism and more: “‘Star Wars’ and ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ like all superior fantasies, have the quality of parable, not only on good and evil but on attitudes toward life and personal deportment and there is something very like a moral imperative in the films’ view of hard work, determination, self-improvement, concentration and idealism,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

She was bought from an orphanage at age 4 by a goldsmith and his wife, raised as a kind of pet with lessons in singing and dancing and deportment, and given charge of their second child, a daughter with multiple physical and mental challenges.

From Los Angeles Times

Locke has Charlie’s gentle deportment but with the soft edge of a cool-kid wise guy.

From New York Times

Locke has Charlie’s gentle deportment but with the soft edge of a cool-kid wise guy.

From New York Times

"Alright. Mr. Durham, you can hold yourself out as an objective deportment justice official or as a partisan hack. The more that you try to spin the facts and not answer my questions, you sound like the latter. So I'm just asked this simply," Lieu continued before asking Durham about Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and longtime advisor, Roger Stone's, convictions.

From Salon