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     #894.  Courtesy. —­ N. courtesy; respect &c. 928; good manners, good
behavior, good breeding; manners; politeness &c. adj.; bienseance, urbanity, comity, gentility, breeding, polish, presence; civility, civilization; amenity, suavity; good temper, good humor; amiability, easy temper, complacency, soft tongue, mansuetude; condescension &c. (humility) 879; affability, complaisance, prvenance, amability[obs3], gallantry; pink of politeness, pink of courtesy.
     compliment; fair words, soft words, sweet words; honeyed phrases,
ceremonial; salutation, reception, presentation, introduction, accueil[obs3], greeting, recognition; welcome, abord|, respects, devoir, regards, remembrances; kind regards, kind remembrances; love, best love, duty; empty encomium, flattering remark, hollow commendation; salaams.
     obeisance &c. (reverence) 928; bow, courtesy, curtsy, scrape, salaam,
kotow[obs3], kowtow, bowing and scraping; kneeling; genuflection &c. (worship) 990; obsequiousness &c. 886; capping, shaking hands, &c. v.; grip of the hand, embrace, hug, squeeze, accolade, loving cup, vin d’honneur[Fr], pledge; love token &c. (endearment) 902; kiss, buss, salute.
     mark of recognition, nod; “nods and becks and wreathed smiles”
[Milton]; valediction &c. 293; condolence &c. 915. 
     V. be courteous &c. adj.; show courtesy &c. n.
     mind one’s P’s and Q’s, behave oneself, be all things to all men,
conciliate, speak one fair, take in good part; make the amiable, do the amiable; look as if butter would not melt in one’s mouth; mend one’s manners.
     receive, do the honors, usher, greet, hail, bid welcome; welcome,
welcome with open arms; shake hands; hold out the hand, press the hand, squeeze the hand, press the flesh; bid Godspeed; speed the parting guest; cheer, serenade.
     salute; embrace &c. (endearment) 902; kiss, kiss hands; drink to,
pledge, hob and nob[obs3]; move to, nod to; smile upon.
     uncover, cap; touch the hat, take off the hat; doff the cap; present
arms; make way for; bow; make one’s bow, make a leg; scrape, curtsy, courtesy; bob a curtsy, bob a courtesy; kneel; bow the knee, bend the knee.
     visit, wait upon, present oneself, pay one’s respects, pay a visit &c.
(sociability) 892; dance attendance on &c. (servility) 886; pay attentions to; do homage to &c. (respect) 928.
     prostrate oneself &c. (worship) 990.
     give one’s duty to, send one’s duty to, &c. n.
     render polite &c. adj.; polish, civilize, humanize. 
     Adj. courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-
mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined &c. (taste) 850; gentlemanlike &c. (fashion) 852[obs3]; gallant; on one’s good behavior.
     fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued;
oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant,