3
elegance(noun, refinement, sophistication, manners, cultivation)
3
gentility(noun, fashion, refinement, decency, sophistication)
3
inflexibility(firmness, severity, strictness, rigidity, sternness)
3
institution(noun, practice, routine, convention, tradition)
3
norm(noun, practice, routine, convention, tradition)
3
officialism(noun, regulation, procedure, custom, convention)
3
pageantry(noun, display, splendor, ritual, ostentation)
3
parade(noun, display, splendor, ritual, ostentation)
3
performance(noun, style, rule, practice, system)
3
sedateness(noun, dignity, modesty, propriety)
3
seriousness(noun, severity, harshness, gravity, strictness)
3
soberness(severity, strictness, sternness)
3
sobriety(severity, strictness, sternness)
3
staidness(noun, strictness, standoffishness, stuffiness)
3
starch(noun, drive, stiff, strengthener)
3
stereotype(noun, regulation, procedure, service, custom)
3
wont
2
academism(noun, regulation, procedure, custom, convention)
2
act(noun, service, ritual, rite, ceremony)
2
aloofness(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence)
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