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conduct
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of CONDUCT
1
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something <the President was happy to leave the conduct of foreign affairs to his secretary of state>
Synonyms administration, care, charge, control, direction, governance, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, oversight, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision
Related Words generalship, leadership, rulership; agency; aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward; engineering, logistics, machination, manipulation; coadministration, codirection, comanagement
2
the way or manner in which one conducts oneself <a child who has often been scolded for poor conduct in public>
Synonyms actions, address, bearing, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, geste (also gest) [archaic]
Related Words etiquette, form, manners, mores, proprieties; p's and q's; amenity, civility, courtesy, decorum, politeness; air, attitude, carriage, poise, pose, posture, presence; aspect, look, mien; formality, protocol, rules; custom, habit, habitude, pattern, practice (also practise), trick, wont; convention, fashion, form, mode, style; affectation, attribute, characteristic, mark, trait; distinctiveness, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, strangeness, uniqueness, weirdness
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