comportment
noun/kəmˈpɔːtmənt/
/kəmˈpɔːrtmənt/
[uncountable] (formal)- the way in which somebody/something behaves
- She won admiration for her comportment during the trial.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French comportement, from the verb comporter, from Latin comportare, from com- ‘together’ + portare ‘carry, bear’.Definitions on the go
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