n. General course of actions or habits; manner of life; behavior: deportment, especially with respect to morals. [Obsolescent.]n. Familiar intercourse; intimate acquaintance or association; commerce in social life. [Obsolescent.]n. Familiar acquaintance from using or studying.n. Informal interchange of thoughts and sentiments by spoken words; informal or familiar talk.n. A meeting for conversation, especially on literary subjects; a conversazione.n. Sexual intercourse: as, criminal conversation (which see, under criminal).