conduct

conduct
n
1. behavior, demeanor, deportment, comportment, Both Archaic. havior, gest; bearing, carriage, posture, gait, pose, port; manners, p's and q's; breeding, upbringing, rearing; habits, ways, dealings, customs, practice; morals, ethics, principles.
2. reaction, responses, adaptation, adjustment; performance, function, operation.
3. misbehavior, disobedience, delinquency, misdeeds, Inf. cutting up, Inf. goings-on. See misbehavior.
4. direction, management, superintendence, supervision, oversight; regulation, running, operation, administration, government; control, command, charge.
5. orchestration, engineering, negotiation; execution, carrying out, performance, doing; accomplishment, discharge, fulfillment, consummation, completion.
6. conducting, leading, guidance, escort, tour.
7. direct, run, operate, manage, carry on; administer, govern, regulate, control, boss; superintend, supervise, oversee, preside over, look after; orchestrate, engineer, negotiate, work out.
8. execute, carry out, perform, do; succeed in, bring off, Sl. pull off, Inf. put over, All U.S. Sl. swing, cut, hack; accomplish, discharge, fulfill, complete, consummate; bring about, make happen, cause, effect, effectuate, produce.
9. lead, guide, take, show the way, escort, accompany.
v
10.(all of oneself) behave, deport, demean, comport, acquit; carry, bear, manage, govern, regulate.

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