propriety

noun8

1. •
   Suitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.

   • I find such a pleasure, sir, in obeying your commands, that I take care to observe them without ever debating their propriety. — 1773
2. •
   [in the plural] Correctness in behaviour and morals; good manners, seemliness.

   • Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her. — 1811
3. •
   The fact of possessing something; ownership.

   • This sweet word, I will be your God, implies, 1. Propriety, that all that is in God shall be ours; his love ours, his Spirit ours, his mercy ours. — 1671
4. •
   (no longer used) Correct language or pronunciation.

   • Those who ought to be the guardians of propriety are often the perverters of it. Hence Accidence for Accidents, Prepostor for Prepositor and Constur for Construe[…] — 1791
5. •
   (no longer used) A piece of land owned by someone; someone's property.
6. •
   (no longer used) More generally, something owned by someone; a possession.

   • I was fearful of giving You a very sensible Disgust, in making You seem the Propriety of one Man, when You know Yourself ordained for the Comfort and Refreshment of Multitudes. — 1723
7. •
   (no longer used) A characteristic; an attribute.
8. •
   (no longer used) The particular character or essence of someone or something; individuality.