Both Uses of
decorum
in
Emma
- Miss Churchill, however, being of age, and with the full command of her fortune—though her fortune bore no proportion to the family-estate—was not to be dissuaded from the marriage, and it took place, to the infinite mortification of Mr. and Mrs. Churchill, who threw her off with due decorum.†
Chpt 1.1-2 *
- Mr. Churchill had made a point of it, as a token of respect to the wife he had so very recently lost; and every body admitted it to be no more than due decorum.†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(decorum) manners and conduct considered to be proper and in good taste