formality Synonyms

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