Usually means: Conformity to established standards, decorum.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word propriety:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. propriety: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. propriety: Merriam-Webster
  3. propriety: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. propriety: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. propriety: Collins English Dictionary
  6. propriety: Vocabulary.com
  7. Propriety, propriety: Wordnik
  8. propriety: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. propriety: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. propriety: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. propriety: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Propriety, propriety: Dictionary.com
  13. propriety: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. propriety: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Propriety: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Propriety: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. propriety: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. propriety: Rhymezone
  19. propriety: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. propriety: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. propriety: FreeDictionary.org
  22. propriety: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. propriety: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. propriety: Wiktionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. propriety: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. propriety: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. propriety: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See proprieties as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (obsolete) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.
noun:  (obsolete) A characteristic; an attribute.
noun:  (now rare) A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.
noun:  (obsolete) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.
noun:  The fact of possessing something; ownership.
noun:  (now rare) Correct language or pronunciation.
noun:  Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.
noun:  (often in the plural) Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness.

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