courtesies

noun

plural of courtesy
1
as in services
an act of kind assistance did me the courtesy of loaning me his jacket

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2
as in gestures
an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners the greeting "How are you?" is often intended as no more than a courtesy

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Recent Examples of courtesies Small courtesies keep big efforts moving forward. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026 With both courtesies and catastrophes refusing to conform, the canton’s school board, publishers, and clergy were forced to produce multiple editions of primers, textbooks, and catechisms; sometimes five parallel print runs were needed for a population the size of a town. — Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 Leonora measures out her days in courtesies and slights, the former dominating the beginning of the book, the latter rapidly gaining ground. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courtesies
  1. services
  2. gestures
  3. privileges
  4. graces
  5. mercies
  6. favors
Noun
  • Lam Research, whose equipment and services help make semiconductors, reported gains in profit and revenue for the summer that were slightly stronger than analysts expected, for example.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That research has mattered tremendously, helping lower barriers to care and dramatically reform the delivery of health care and other services to address substance use.
    — J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of services
Noun
  • This book forces us to consider how clothing can communicate identity without the body, or gestures, or the visage, but rather through arrangement and spatial orientation.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
  • One of the sweetest gestures during the Halloween season in Kansas City comes from one of the sweetest companies in town — Russell Stover.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of gestures
Noun
  • These privileges allow the malware to install additional apps without permission, remove existing applications and grant sensitive access to other software.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • After hearing pleas from more than a dozen prominent community and business leaders, commissioners agreed to decertify the entertainment district and strip it of its special privileges.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of privileges
Noun
  • The decision is a rebuke of the defense secretary, who has remained in the president’s good graces through numerous controversies.
    — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026
  • While Bell has navigated the situation with grace and issued an immediate public apology for his teenage posts, getting back into the Blazers' good graces remains a steep battle.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of graces
Noun
  • Then His unveiled, sweet mercies show Life’s burdens light.
    — Douglas Sytsma, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2025
Definition of mercies
Noun
  • But for all Vicki’s faults, this season of RHOC is also doing her no favors.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Lula was eventually convicted of corruption and money laundering in Curitiba in 2017, in a case involving a luxury beachfront apartment prosecutors alleged builder OAS had promised him for favors.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of favors

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“Courtesies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtesies. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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