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

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams