English-Danish translations for politeness

• høflighed
  Det siger jeg ikke af høflighed, men af oprigtig taknemmelighed. I say this not out of politeness, but out of sincere gratitude.
  Han respekterer endvidere ikke de elementære principper om diplomatisk høflighed. He also repudiates the basic forms of diplomatic politeness.
  Jeg beder Dem i det mindste om at være høflig, men høflighed er åbenbart ikke en del af Deres kultur. I would ask you at least to be polite. Clearly, politeness was not part of your education.

Definition of politeness

• The quality of being polite

Synonyms

• affability
• civility
• courtesy
• courtliness
• etiquette

Related words

• impoliteness
• unpoliteness
• politeness costs nothing but gains everything
• punctuality is the politeness of kings