Associations to the word «Decorum»

Wiktionary

DECORUM, noun. (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
DECORUM, noun. (countable) A convention of social behavior

Dictionary definition

DECORUM, noun. Propriety in manners and conduct.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky