mindmap root((得体)) decorum suggests conduct that is in accordance with good taste or with a code of rules governing behavior under certain conditions: had failed to exhibit the ~ expected of an army officer. decency implies behavior consistent with normal self-respect or humane feeling for others, or with what is fitting to a particular profession or condition in life: maintained a strict ~ in dress. propriety suggests an artificial standard of what is correct in conduct or speech: regarded the ~ expected of a social matron as stifling. dignity implies reserve or restraint in conduct prompted less by obedience to a code than by a sense of personal integrity or status: conveyed a quiet ~ and sincerity that won him respect. etiquette is the usual term for the detailed rules governing manners and conduct and for the observance of these rules: the ~ peculiar to the U.S. Senate.