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• n  a courteous or respectful or considerate act
• n  a courteous or respectful or considerate remark
• n  a courteous manner

• Last week, for the fifth time in the 400 years since Henry VIII broke with Rome, a top member of the British royal family paid an official courtesy call on the Pope.
• Senatorial courtesy is the custom by which Presidential appointees "personally offensive or obnoxious" to Senators from their State are not confirmed by the Senate.
• Photo courtesy of Sharp .

• good manners

• discourtesy

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in GOPUSA
  Obama said, "Not once in my conversations with him have I heard him talk about any ethnic group in derogatory terms, or treat whites with whom he interacted with anything but courtesy and respect."
• John Terry in Reuters UK
  Terry said: "Chelsea told me what had happened with the enquiry as a courtesy. I was very happy with their reaction as mine would have been the same. I have always said that I want to end my career at the club which I love and we all see no reason...
• Marcia Clark in Guardian Unlimited
  The Bronco chase was a nightmare,said Clark, now a special correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight." "Certainly he has abused that courtesy, so I would not expect anyone to extend it to him again."