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What is the noun for properness?

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properness
  1. The state or condition of being proper; propriety.
  2. (mathematics) The state or condition of being proper (of a proper fraction, proper subset, etc.).
  3. (obsolete) Excellence, quality.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Over the past month that they had been married, she'd learned the hard way what the rules of properness were, especially for married women.”
      “And as your husband, I will expect respect, decorum, and properness a woman is supposed to display.”
      “The result is a modernist rendition of old-school perfumes with a vintage ladylike properness to it.”
propers
  1. plural of proper
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, even within the settings of the propers and hours, one keeps coming across exquisitely beautiful moments.”
      “Not just settings of the ordinary, but the copious amounts of plainchant needed to cover all the propers.”
      “Did every parish congregation need the propers for the Blessing of an Abbot?”
propers
  1. (slang) proper treatment, respect
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, even within the settings of the propers and hours, one keeps coming across exquisitely beautiful moments.”
      “Not just settings of the ordinary, but the copious amounts of plainchant needed to cover all the propers.”
      “Did every parish congregation need the propers for the Blessing of an Abbot?”
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