Usually means: Consideration and respect in behavior.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. politeness: Merriam-Webster
  2. politeness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. politeness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. politeness: Vocabulary.com
  5. Politeness, politeness: Wordnik
  6. politeness: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. politeness: Wiktionary
  8. Politeness, politeness: Dictionary.com
  9. politeness: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Politeness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Politeness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. politeness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. politeness: Rhymezone
  14. Politeness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. politeness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. politeness: FreeDictionary.org
  17. politeness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. politeness: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. politeness: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. politeness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (politeness)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) The quality of being polite.
▸ noun:  (countable) A polite act.

Similar:
civility, niceness, politicness, Polishness, polishedness, cordiality, civilness, politicalness, friendliness, tidiness, more...

Opposite:
rudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility

Types:
sarcasm, sincerity, rudeness, insincerity, humor, more...

Phrases:
positive politeness, negative politeness, with politeness, Politeness theory, forced politeness, more...

Adjectives:
great, true, much, mere, common, utmost, extreme, formal, cold, exaggerated, french



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Similar:
civility, niceness, politicness, Polishness, polishedness, cordiality, civilness, politicalness, friendliness, tidiness, more...

Opposite:
rudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility

Types:
sarcasm, sincerity, rudeness, insincerity, humor, more...

Phrases:
positive politeness, negative politeness, with politeness, Politeness theory, forced politeness, formal politeness, false politeness, excessive politeness, out of politeness, more...

Adjectives:
great, true, much, mere, common, utmost, extreme, formal, cold, exaggerated, french



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