Associations to the word «Impropriety»

Wiktionary

IMPROPRIETY, noun. (uncountable) The condition of being improper.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. (countable) An improper act.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. Improper language.

Dictionary definition

IMPROPRIETY, noun. An improper demeanor.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. The condition of being improper.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. An indecent or improper act.
IMPROPRIETY, noun. An act of undue intimacy.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca