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• n  courtesy towards women

• Forgoing customary politesse, the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, the country's second largest, accused their conservative coalition partners of "arrogance" and voted to .
• She tired of playing roles, on stage, in life, no longer able to respond to the horrors and banalities of the world with idle politesse.
• There's no room for pretense after she's heard you screech over a sand snake, and politesse quickly falls to the wayside after one of you gets hit with Montezuma's revenge on a .

• chivalry
• gallantry

News & Articles

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• The British Twitter Insults Rumpus: Sadly, Yes, This Is What Some People Are Like
  Twitter in the UK has been surrounded by a rumpus, a kerfluffle even, about standards of politesse upon the micro-blogging site. My own opinion is that while the insults (and threats) have indeed been disgusting and should not be tolerated, the thing that's being missed is that it's not Twitter that makes people like this. It's that some minority of people are like this and that's coming as a ...
  Aug. 5, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• David Ehrenstein in Associated Content
  As everyone knows Whites feel no guilt about America's racist history whatsoever,Ehrenstein wrote. "All they care about is the appearance of politesse - the slimy veneer of good manners."
• Mohammad Khatami in Islamic Republic News Agency
  Speaking to the reporters here Wednesday evening, Khatami said, "His behavior, which is supposed to represent politesse and morality, surprised me. I think it was far from a chancellor's personality."
• Lawrence Martin in Macleans.ca
  When it comes to George W. Bush's "orgy of folly," the Globe's Lawrence Martin argues Canadians "have shown, with a few exceptions, considerable forbearance and politesse."