suitableness; correct or appropriate behavior
She maintained propriety by dressing formally for the royal reception.
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high ground; a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
make known; state or announce
lying down; having a tendency (to); often used in combination
breed; transmit from one generation to the next
a natural tendency or inclination
appease; make peace with
advocate; a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
corresponding; the relation between things with respect to their quantity or degree