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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deportment \De*port"ment\, noun [F. d['e]portement misconduct, OF., demeanor. See {Deport}.] Manner of deporting or demeaning one's self; manner of acting; conduct; carriage; especially, manner of acting with respect to the courtesies and duties of life; behavior; demeanor; bearing.
The gravity of his deportment carried him safe through many difficulties. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deportment
noun: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people [syn: {demeanor}, {demeanour}, {behavior}, {behaviour}, {conduct}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "deportment": action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, carriage, comportment, conduct, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, 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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