From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Comportment \Com*port"ment\, noun [F. comportement.] Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
A graceful comportment of their bodies. --Cowley.
Her serious and devout comportment. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: dignified manner or conduct [syn: {bearing}, {presence}, {mien}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "comportment": action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, carriage, conduct, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, deportment, doing, doings, folkway, gestures, goings-on, guise, maintien, manner, manners, method, methodology, methods, mien, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, pattern, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, set, social science, style, tactics, tone, way, way of life, ways
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