manners

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polite ways of treating other people and behaving in public:

He needs to be taught some manners.

It's bad manners to eat with your mouth open.

It's considered good manners in some societies to leave a little food on your plate.

ways of behaving toward people, esp. ways that are socially correct and show respect for their comfort and their feelings:

He had the bad manners to keep interrupting whoever was speaking.