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politesse
noun
(pol-i-tesse)
courtesy towards women
Synonyms:
chivalry
,
gallantry
,
Words Related to
politesse
!
chivalry
,
gallantry
,
politeness
,
gentility
,
grandiloquence
,
hauteur
,
pompousness
,
imperiousness
,
haughtiness
,
gentlemanliness
,
prolixity
,
daintiness
,
courtliness
,
punctiliousness
,
circumlocution
,
civilities
,
officiousness
,
manners
,
superciliousness
,
garrulousness
,
inscrutability
,
demureness
,
geniality
,
noblesse oblige
,
bashfulness
,
decorum
,
loquacity
,
primness
,
unworldliness
,
wryness
,
ingratiation
,
fustiness
,
condescension
,
slyness
,
terseness
,
brusqueness
,
facetiousness
,
pithiness
,
pedantry
,
niceness
,
archness
,
puerility
,
peevishness
,
priggishness
,
good naturedness
,
raillery
,
acerbity
,
tactfulness
,
snippiness
,
blitheness
,
whimsicality
,
impassivity
,
affectations
,
suavity
,
inoffensiveness
,
journalese
,
taciturnity
,
pugnacity
,
amour propre
,
pretension
,
servility
,
obsequiousness
,
pomposity
,
amiability
,
boastfulness
,
breeziness
,
boisterousness
,
irascibility
,
inarticulateness
,
uptightness
,
sunniness
,
plainness
,
insouciance
,
imperturbability
,
obtuseness
,
maidenly
,
archaisms
,
cheeriness
,
orotund
,
graciousness
,
proprieties
,
pushiness
,
mien
,
conventionality
,
affability
,
couth
,
eccentricity
,
solicitousness
,
shavian
,
churlishness
,
lugubriousness
,
inconsequentiality
,
worldliness
,
staginess
,
regality
,
respectfulness
,
niceties
,
coquetry
,
nobility
,
sumptuousness
,
politesse
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