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Feb 10, 2010
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gen•til•i•ty



Pronunciation: ( jen-til'i-tē), [key]
n.
1. good breeding or refinement.
2. affected or pretentious politeness or elegance.
3. the status of belonging to polite society.
4. members of polite society collectively.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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