deportment

Etymology

From French déportement.

noun

  1. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself.
    Her deportment impressed her interviewers.
    ...Edy asked what and she was just going to tell her to catch it while it was flying but she was ever ladylike in her deportment so she simply passed it off with consummate tact... 1922, James Joyce, chapter 13, in Ulysses
  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.

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