Associations to the word «Deportment»

Wiktionary

DEPORTMENT, noun. Bearing; manner of presenting oneself:
DEPORTMENT, noun. Conduct; public behavior:
DEPORTMENT, noun. Apparent level of schooling or training:
DEPORTMENT, noun. Self-discipline:

Dictionary definition

DEPORTMENT, noun. (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats