də̇ˈpōrtmənt, -ȯrt-, -ōət-, -ȯ(ə)t- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French déportement, from Middle French deportement, from deporter to behave + -ment — more at deport
: the manner in which one deports himself : carriage , behavior , conduct
a stranger clad in black, and of a clerical deportment — Owen Wister
all the thousand and one artificialities which go to make up feminine deportment — Max Peacock
he placed his feet, one before the other, with the care of a young woman practicing deportment — Fred Majdalany
their teacher had trained them in deportment and manners — Gladys Skelley