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Politesse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Courteous formality; politeness: "the soul of uptown refinement and . . . politesse” ( Russell Baker).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; or an instance of this.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Politeness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Politeness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. courtesy towards women

Word Usage

"Lord Edward at once relieved the squaw of her pack by placing it upon his own shoulders, -- a beautiful instance of what the French call politesse de coeur -- the inbred politeness of the true gentleman."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

courtesy good manners

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

politeness

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