| principle | |
| red tape(noun, expression, regulation, procedure, service) | |
| regulation(noun, style, rule, practice, system) | |
| religious ceremony(expression, worship, ritual) | |
| remoteness(noun, coldness, unfriendliness, taciturnity) | |
| restraint(noun, control, finish, class, reserve) | |
| routine(noun, style, rule, practice, system) | |
| sacrament(noun, service, worship, ritual, rite) | |
| sententiousness | |
| solemnization | |
| somberness(severity, strictness, sternness) | |
| taciturnity(noun, control, restraint, reserve, silence) | |
| use(noun, style, rule, practice, system) | |
| vanity(noun, strictness, ostentation, staidness, standoffishness) | |
| accordance(noun, conformity) | |
| acquiescence(noun, conformity) | |
| adherence(noun, conformity) | |
| affair | |
| affectedness(noun, ostentation) | |
| air |
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