Courtesy
Key Bible Verse
"To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people."
Titus 3:2
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Definitions
Practical
being respectful and considerate of other people in one's attitude and behavior
Biblical
Being alert and sensitive to the needs and comforts of others, knowing that they are made in God's image
Webster's Original (1828)
linkCOURTESY, noun
1. Elegance or politeness of manners; especially, politeness connected with kindness; civility; complaisance; as, the gentleman shows great courtesy to strangers; he treats his friends with great courtesy
2. An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
3. The act of civility, respect or reverence, performed by a woman; a fall or inclination of the body, corresponding in design to the bow of a gentleman.
4. A favor; as, to hold upon courtesy that is, not of right, but by indulgence.
Tenure by courtesy or curtesy, is where a man marries a woman seized of an estate of inheritance, and has by her issue born alive, which was capable of inheriting her estate; in this case, on the death of his wife, he holds the lands for his life, as tenant by curtesy.
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