Antonyms for correctitude


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-rek-ti-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrɛk tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud


Definition of correctitude

  • As in correctness : noun propriety
  • As in decorum : noun appropriate behavior, good manners
Example sentences :
  • The German sense of correctitude was deeply shocked by this outbreak.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air » by Herbert George Wells
  • Next there followed a few reflections of a correctitude so remarkable that I have no choice but to quote them.
  • Extract from : « Dead Souls » by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
  • Her correctitude was, no doubt, made still more correct by an unemotional disposition.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble
  • Unfortunately for her success, she had the correctitude to ask Lord Salisbury's permission.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 2 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook

Synonyms for correctitude

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