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Noun: nicety  nI-si-tee
  1. Conformity with some aesthetic standard of correctness or propriety
    "it was performed with nicety and beauty";
    - justness, rightness
     
  2. A subtle difference in meaning, opinion or attitude
    "The debate focused on the niceties of constitutional law";
    - nuance, shade, subtlety, refinement

Derived forms: niceties

Type of: conformance, conformity, import, meaning, significance, signification

Encyclopedia: Nicety