propriety

We hesitated at the propriety of the method.

they questioned the propriety of certain investments made by the council.

too acquiescent to challenge the propriety of offering a bribe.

propriety required that he face these people and make small talk.

I don't contest your right to dispose of your property as you see fit,but I doubt the propriety of this bequest.

Architecture depends on Order , Arrangement , Eurythmy, Symmetry, Propriety, and Economy.

Her ardent sense of propriety fears that Bertha, in bed, might not be costumed decorously enough for the visit of a clerical gentleman.

Whether this is true is questionable); often, however, it implies dubious morality, respectability, or propriety: