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Definition of comportment noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

comportment

noun
 
/kəmˈpɔːtmənt/
 
/kəmˈpɔːrtmənt/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. 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’.
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