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Meaning of bienséance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Propriety, decorum.

uncountable

Equivalents

Français bienséance

Examples

“In the evening it was very different; and, bred in a country where much attention is paid, or was at least then paid, to bienseance, I was desirous to think for Miss Vernon concerning those points of propriety where her experience did not afford her the means of thinking for herself.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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