formality Synonyms

formalities formalness seemliness service solemness solemnity solemnization solemnness staidness stateliness stereotypy sacrament rubric propriety protocol punctilio puncto red-tape reserve rite ritual routine stiffness stuffiness bureaucratism punctiliousness prudishness paperwork honors priggishness rituality matter of form decorousness standoffishness remoteness taciturnity technicality tradition civility neoclassicist law of nature astringence spatiality official procedure properness buckram demureness detachment dignity etiquette