conduct
The act or method of controlling or directing.
Other meanings
Skillful guidance or management.
Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
“Good conduct will be rewarded and likewise poor conduct will be punished.”
Synonyms
- behavior
- behaviour
Related words
- after-conduct
- code of conduct
- conduct disorder
- disorderly conduct
- misconduct
- personal conduct
- safe conduct
- letter of conduct
- safe-conduct
- conduct code
- conduct money
- certificate of conduct
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "conductus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “conduct” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.