conduct
/ˈkɑndʌkt/ noun B1- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- Skillful guidance or management. · 1722 (first printed) Edmund Waller, Poems, &c. written upon several occasions, and to several persons Conduct of armies is a prince's art.
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving. · Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.
- Plot.
- A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
Plural conducts
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“You’ll have the night to think over your conduct in and come to a better frame of mind.
When peace was proclaimed, his deceitful conduct was apparent to both combatants.
The father embraced them both, and bestowing his kisses and affection impartially on each, said, “I wish you both would look into the mirror every day: you, my son, that you may not spoil your beauty by evil conduct; and you, my daughter, that you may make up for your lack of beauty by your virtues.”
“And one which will go far to efface the recollection of his father’s conduct,” added the incorrigible marquise.
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