deportment

American  

[dih-pawrt-muhnt, -pohrt-] / dɪˈpɔrt mənt, -ˈpoʊrt- /

noun

1. demeanor; conduct; behavior.

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

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deportment British  

/ dɪˈpɔːtmənt /

noun

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

   military deportment

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Related Words

See behavior.

Etymology

Origin of deportment

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

Example Sentences

He acknowledged in a recent interview with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith that he has to improve his deportment with officials, saying that losing “makes you do things you don’t want to do.”

From New York Times

Brown Skin Girl features Baba and her fellow dancers as debutantes in pastel ballgowns and long gloves, models of grace and deportment.

From The Guardian

The royal anthem is played at morning assemblies, uniform and deportment rules are strict and students are expected to be unquestioning of authority.

From Reuters

As for my own deportment or, in the Constitution’s words, “good Behaviour,” I prize advice received on this nomination from a dear friend, Frank Griffin, a recently retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland.

From Washington Post

In 1989, the court held that Title VII prohibited an employer from denying opportunities to a woman based on “stereotypical notions about women’s proper deportment” in Price Waterhouse v.

From Salon