A courtesy is a polite remark or respectful act. Complain about a bad meal, and you might get kicked out. But the common courtesy is usually an apology from the manager and, if you're lucky, a free dinner.
Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
Noun
a courteous or respectful or considerate act
Noun
a courteous manner
Noun
a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
n.
Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
n.
An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or
favor performed with politeness.
n.
Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a
title given one by courtesy.
n.
An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women,
consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending
of the knees.
v. i.
To make a respectful salutation or movement of
respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with
bending of the knes.
v. t.
To treat with civility.
Courtesy
And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended.
Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies of speech.2.
My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you.3.
Courtesy
The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.
Courtesy
Courtesy
Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the kness.
To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
To treat with civility.
Usage Examples
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.
A paparazzo once jumped out of a car and started running backward with me. I slowed down out of courtesy because she started drifting into the street. I reached out my hand and moved her back so she didn't get hit by a bus.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
A tree is known by its fruit a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
The American Dream, coupled with government subsidies of utilities and cheap consumer goods courtesy of slave labour somewhere else, has kept the poor huddled masses from rising up.
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Other Usage ExamplesThere will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.
Intelligence and courtesy not always are combined Often in a wooden house a golden room we find.
There is a courtesy of the heart it is allied to love. From its springs the purest courtesy in the outward behavior.
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.
Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
I'm not going to give a courtesy gift to a person who's going to win, and I'm not going to give a sympathy gift to a person who's going to lose.
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