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bienséance
byan-say-awns
noun
a sense of the appropriateness of things; a sense of propriety
1830James Fenimore CooperThe Water-WitchFrancois proceeded to take such measures to arouse his mistress, as he believed to comport with his duty to her uncle, and his own ideas of bienséance.1888J. H. ShorthouseA Teacher of the Violin and Other StoriesI know, of course, that there are many who...view these flowery but dangerous paths with approbation; but I cannot think that Mademoiselle would tread them without violating the bienséance which alone makes life tolerable…1898Lord George Gordon ByronThe Letters and Journals of Lord ByronThough, after all, I doubt my temper, and fear I should not be so patient as becomes the bienséance of a married man in my station.

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