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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Courtesy
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(1):
(n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
(2):
(n.) Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
(3):
(n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(v. t.) To treat with civility.