behavior
/bɪˈheɪ.vjəɹ/ noun A2- Human conduct relative to social norms.
- An inappropriate or forbidden action. · When a patient has a behavior, document it in their records.
- The way or manner a living creature behaves or acts generally.
- A state of probation about one's conduct. · He was on his best behavior when her family visited.
- An observable response produced by an organism.
- The way a device or system operates.
Plural behaviors
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The inspector visited, one after another, the cells and dungeons of several of the prisoners, whose good behavior or stupidity recommended them to the clemency of the government.
Generations of monkeys had been scared into good behavior by the stories their elders told them of Kaa, the night thief, who could slip along the branches as quietly as moss grows, and steal away the strongest monkey that ever lived; of old Kaa, who could make himself look so like a dead branch or a rotten stump that the wisest were deceived, till the branch caught them.
You know that Anne’s behavior was dreadful, and yet you take her part!
“When did you ever hear of me starving people into good behavior?” demanded Marilla indignantly.
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